Iran in motion : mobility, space, and the Trans-Iranian Railway /

"In 1938, the Trans-Iranian Railway was completed by the Pahlavi state of Iran as the country's first national railway. As a "belated" railway project of the interwar period, the Trans-Iranian Railway is often understood in the context of modernization and centralization undertak...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Koyagi, Mikiya (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]
Series:Stanford scholarship online.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Railroad travel > Iran > History > 20th century.
Railroads > Social aspects > Iran > History > 20th century.
Voyages en train > Iran > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY / Middle East / Iran.
Railroad travel
Railroads > Social aspects
Iran > History > Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, 1941-1979.
Iran > Histoire > 1941-1979 (Mohammed Reza Pahlavi)
Iran
Iran.
everyday life.
infrastructure.
mobility.
railway.
space.
technology.
transnational history.
transport.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Building a trans-imperial infrastructure
  • The road to salvation
  • Nationalizing the railway
  • Redirecting mobilities
  • Death on the Persian corridor
  • Workers of the Victory Bridge
  • Traveling citizens.

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