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The making of modern Iran : state and society under Riza Shah 1921-1941 /

The articles in this volume collectively present a picture of Iran under Riza Shah in all its complexity, in darker as well as lighter shades, highlighting the era's debt to the past as well as its legacy to the future.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Cronin, Stephanie
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.
Series:RoutledgeCurzon/BIPS Persian studies series.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.