The good Parsi : the fate of a colonial elite in a postcolonial society /

The good Parsi : the fate of a colonial elite in a postcolonial society /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Luhrmann, T. M. (Tanya M.), 1959-
Imprint:	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996.
Description:	x, 317 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Parsees -- Social conditions. Parsees -- History -- 20th century. Parsees -- Ethnic identity. Elite (Social sciences) -- India -- Bombay. Zoroastrianism -- India -- Bombay. Elite (Social sciences) Manners and customs. Parsees. Parsees -- Social conditions. Zoroastrianism. Bombay (India) -- Social life and customs. India -- Mumbai. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2723080

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ISBN:	0674356756 (cloth : alk. paper) 0674356764 (paper : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-312) and index.

Table of Contents:

Prologue: Fateful Embraces
1. The Current Community
2. In the Beginning
3. The Power and the Glory
4. We Are Not What We Were
5. Uncomfortable Realities
6. On Postcolonial Identity
7. Anthropological Repositionings.