Jewish Communities of India - Identity in a Colonial Era

Summary

Focusing primarily on the Bene Israel and Baghdadis in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this book describes how identities begun under the Indian caste system changed with British colonial rule, and then how the struggle for Indian independence and the establishment of a Jewish homeland raised further questions.

Product details

• Authors: Joan G Roland, Joan G. Roland, Roland Joan G.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.04.2018
• EAN: 9781138526556
• ISBN: 978-1-138-52655-6
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Social History, India, Jewish Studies, Asian History, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities