Between Boston and Bombay

Jenny Rose teaches Zoroastrian Studies at Claremont Graduate University, California, USA, one of the few institutions worldwide to offer such a course. She has written two books on the religion—Zoroastrianism: An Introduction and Zoroastrianism: A Guide for the Perplexed—and lectures extensively across North America, Europe, and India.

“Rose’s research will be a useful guide for anyone plotting their own dives into the topics, people, and places she includes in her case studies. Those interested in exploring the personal networks that undergirded commercial and religious exchanges will find territory for further investigation well-mapped here; Rose’s narrative and detailed bibliography will be especially useful for plotting new explorations … . Rose has revealed many new details about the early connections between Americans and Bombay Parsis … .” (Dael Norwood, The New England Quarterly, Vol. 94 (4), December, 2021)

• 1. Arrivals: Parsis, Pilgrims and Puritans.- 2. "A Nice Morality" (1771–1798).- 3. A Shawl Handkerchief and a Cabinet of Curiosities (1799–1806).- 4. Merchant Princes, Missionaries and a Man-of-War (1807–1815).- 5. A Passage to and from India (1816–1835).- 6. Gods and Temples, Ice and the Whale (1836–1851).- 7. Consuls, Industrial Innovations and a Walking Stick (1852–1865).- 8. A Final Coda: Fragrant Memories?.