Palsetia, Jesse S. <br/><br/>
The Parsis of India :  preservation of identity in Bombay city / 
Jesse S. Palsetia. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Leiden ;  Boston :  Brill,  2001. 
 - xv, 368 p.,   ill. ;  25 cm. 
 - Brill's Indological library,  v. 17  0925-2916 ; .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-354) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>8173047812(alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>00069779  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Parsees--Ethnic identity.<br/>Zoroastrians--History.--India--Mumbai
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.6950547923  / PAL