Title
A history of modern Iran / Ervand Abrahamian.
ISBN
9780521821391
0521821398
9780521528917 (pbk.)
0521528917 (pbk.)
Publication Details
Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Language
English
Description
xxviii, 228 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number
DS316.3 .A27 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification
955.05
Summary
From the Publisher: In a reappraisal of Iran's modern history, Ervand Abrahamian traces its traumatic journey across the twentieth century, through the discovery of oil, imperial interventions, the rule of the Pahlavi's and, in 1979, revolution and the birth of the Islamic Republic. In the intervening years, the country has experienced a bitter war with Iraq, the transformation of society under the clergy and, more recently, the expansion of the state and the struggle for power between the old elites, the intelligentsia and the commercial middle class. The author is a compassionate expositor. While he adroitly negotiates the twists and turns of the country's regional and international politics, at the heart of his book are the people of Iran. It is to them and their resilience that this book is dedicated, as Iran emerges at the beginning of the twenty-first century as one of the most powerful states in the Middle East.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of maps
List of illustrations
List of tables and figures
Chronology
Glossary
A political who's who of modern Iran
Preface
Introduction
1. 'Royal despots' : state and society under the Qajars
2. Reform, revolution, and the Great War
3. The iron fist of Reza Shah
4. The nationalist interregnum
5. Muhammad Reza Shah's White Revolution
6. The Islamic Republic
Notes
Bibliography
Further reading
Index.
