The Parsis Of India Preservation Of Identity In Bombay City Jesse S Palsetia by Jesse S. Palsetia 9789004121140, 9004121145 instant download after payment.

"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.