@article{1449424, note = {9: The First Russo-Persian War and British, French and Persian diplomacy (1804-1816)}, author = {Potts, Daniel T.,}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1449424}, title = {Agreeable news from Persia : Iran in the Colonial and early Republican American press, 1712-1848 /}, publisher = {Springer VS,}, abstract = {Eighteenth and nineteenth century European, British and American newspapers constitute a rich and largely untapped source of contemporary, often eyewitness accounts of historical events and opinions concerning Iran from the late Safavid (1712) through the Qajar (c. 1797-1920) period. This study collects and annotates thousands of articles published in the Colonial and early Republican American newspapers, from the first mention of events in Persia in the American press (1712) to the death of Mohammad Shah (1848), unlocking for the first time a wealth of information on Iran and its place in the world during the 18th and early 19th century. The Editor D.T. Potts is Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology and History at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University.}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36032-0}, recid = {1449424}, pages = {1 online resource (2077 pages)}, address = {Wiesbaden, Germany :}, year = {2022}, }