The Parsis of India: Preservation of Identity in Bombay City (Brill's Indological Library): 17 - Hardcover

Palsetia, Jesse

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004121145 ISBN 13: 9789004121140

Publisher: Brill, 2001

Synopsis

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.

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Review:

'The Parsis of India must surely take a rightly deserved place at the very peak of studies on this dwindling but undaunted community. It is congruent with Kulke's 1974 classic which it now both supplements and surpasses...'
Farrokh Vajifdar, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 2002.
'Palsetia has produced a solid, well-informed, balanced, and highly readable [...] account.'
Michael Stausberg, Numen, 2002.

Synopsis:

This volume 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. Attention is given to the Parsis' evolution from an insular minority group to a modern community of pluralistic outlook. Filling the lacunae in the literature on British colonialism, Indian society and history, and, last but not least, Zoroastrianism, this volume 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 9004121145
• ISBN 13: 9789004121140
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400