The Parsis of India
Preservation of Identity in Bombay City
Seiten
2001
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-12114-0 (ISBN)
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-12114-0 (ISBN)
This volume traces keypoints in the development of the Parsi community, it depicts the Parsis' history, and their ability to preserve, maintain and construct a distinct identity. It also examines the role of the Parsis in the commercial, educational and civic milieu of Bombay colonial society.
The Parsis of India examines a much-neglected area of Asian Studies. In tracing keypoints in the development of the Parsi community, it depicts the Parsis’ history, and accounts for their ability to preserve, maintain and construct a distinct identity. For a great part the story is told in the colonial setting of Bombay city.
Ample attention is given to the Parsis’ evolution from an insular minority group to a modern community of pluralistic outlook.
Filling the obvious lacunae in the literature on British colonialism, Indian society and history, and, last but not least, Zoroastrianism, this book broadens our knowledge of the interaction of colonialism and colonial groups, and elucidates the significant role of the Parsis in the commercial, educational, and civic milieu of Bombay colonial society.
The Parsis of India examines a much-neglected area of Asian Studies. In tracing keypoints in the development of the Parsi community, it depicts the Parsis’ history, and accounts for their ability to preserve, maintain and construct a distinct identity. For a great part the story is told in the colonial setting of Bombay city.
Ample attention is given to the Parsis’ evolution from an insular minority group to a modern community of pluralistic outlook.
Filling the obvious lacunae in the literature on British colonialism, Indian society and history, and, last but not least, Zoroastrianism, this book broadens our knowledge of the interaction of colonialism and colonial groups, and elucidates the significant role of the Parsis in the commercial, educational, and civic milieu of Bombay colonial society.
Jesse S. Palsetia, Ph.D. (1996) in History, University of Toronto, is a research scholar who has published in the field of the history of the Parsis in India.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 29.3.2001 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Brill's Indological Library ; 17 |
| Verlagsort | Leiden |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 791 g |
| Einbandart | gebunden |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen | |
| ISBN-10 | 90-04-12114-5 / 9004121145 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-04-12114-0 / 9789004121140 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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