The Good Parsi

The Good Parsi
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 336
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ISBN-10 : 0674356764
ISBN-13 : 9780674356764
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Book Synopsis The Good Parsi by : Tanya M. Luhrmann

Download or read book The Good Parsi written by Tanya M. Luhrmann and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Raj, one group stands out as having prospered because of British rule: the Parsis. The Zoroastrian people adopted the manners, dress, and aspirations of their British colonizers, and were rewarded with high-level financial, mercantile, and bureaucratic posts. Indian independence, however, ushered in their decline.


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