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The Parsis of India : preservation of identity in Bombay city / Jesse S. Palsetia.

By: Palsetia, Jesse SMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Brill's Indological library ; v. 17Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2001Edition: 1st edDescription: xv, 368 p., ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 8173047812(alk. paper)Subject(s): Parsees -- Ethnic identity | Zoroastrians -- India -- Mumbai -- HistoryDDC classification: 305.6950547923 Online resources: Table of Contents
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: I -- List of Illustrations-- Preface-- Introduction: The Pattern of Settlement-- 1. Identity and the Urban Setting: -- The Moral and Material Supports of Community-- II. Identity and the Institution: -- A Punchayet for the Parsis-- III. The Challenge to Identity: -- The Parsi Boys' Conversion Case-- IV. Identity and Social Reform -- 1. Education and the Parsis-- 2. The Reform of Religion-- 3. The Growth of Parsi Opinion-- V. Identity and the Law -- 1. Laws for the Community: The Parsi Laws-- 2. Identity and the Law Courts: -- The Parsi Punchayet Case-- 3. Law and Ideology: The Debate Over Modernity -- and The Rangoon Navjote Case-- VI. Identity and Political Nationalism -- 1. Dadabhai Naoroji-- 2. The Parsis and Nationalist Politics-The -- Contributions of Pherozeshah Mehta and -- D. E. Wacha-- Epilogue: Identity and the Present-Day Parsis-- Glossary-- Bibliography-- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-354) and index.

Machine generated contents note: I -- List of Illustrations-- Preface-- Introduction: The Pattern of Settlement-- 1. Identity and the Urban Setting: -- The Moral and Material Supports of Community-- II. Identity and the Institution: -- A Punchayet for the Parsis-- III. The Challenge to Identity: -- The Parsi Boys' Conversion Case-- IV. Identity and Social Reform -- 1. Education and the Parsis-- 2. The Reform of Religion-- 3. The Growth of Parsi Opinion-- V. Identity and the Law -- 1. Laws for the Community: The Parsi Laws-- 2. Identity and the Law Courts: -- The Parsi Punchayet Case-- 3. Law and Ideology: The Debate Over Modernity -- and The Rangoon Navjote Case-- VI. Identity and Political Nationalism -- 1. Dadabhai Naoroji-- 2. The Parsis and Nationalist Politics-The -- Contributions of Pherozeshah Mehta and -- D. E. Wacha-- Epilogue: Identity and the Present-Day Parsis-- Glossary-- Bibliography-- Index.

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