The Zoroastrian Diaspora: Religion and Migration

The Zoroastrian Diaspora: Religion and Migration

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-884

  Hinnells, John R ^a  

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Author keywords

Assimilation; Diaspora groups; Diasporic experience; Education; Internet; Parsi novels; Religious Asian; Religious beliefs; Zoroastrian communities; Zoroastrian experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921820979     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198267591.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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