Introduction / Stephanie Cronin
PART I. THE NEW STATE
Riza Shah's political legitimacy and social base, 1921-1941 / Homa Katouzian
Riza Sha and the paradoxes of military modernization in Iran, 1921-1941 / Stephanie Cronin
Mudarris, republicanism and the rise to power of Riza Khan, Sardar-i Sipah / Vanessa Martin
PART II. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Riza Shah's abrogation of capitulations, 1927-1928 / Michael Zirinsky
Performing the nation: the Shah's official state visit to Kemalist Turkey, June to July 1934 / Afshin Marashi
PART III. CULTURE AND IDEOLOGY
Transforming dangerous nomads into useful artisans, technicians, agriculturalists: education in the Reza Shah period / Rudi Matthee
Triumphs and travails of authoritarian modernization in Iran / Mehrzad Boroujerdi
PART IV. WOMEN
Expanding agendas for the 'new' Iranian woman: family law, work, and unveiling / Jasamin Mahdavi
Banning of the veil and its consequences / H.E. Chehabi
PART V. THE TRIBES
Riza Shah and the tribes: an overview / Kaveh Bayat
Case of the Shahsevan / Richard Tapper
Riza Shah and the disintegration of Bakhtiyari power in Iran, 1921-1934 / Stephanie Cronin