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Iran : a modern history / Abbas Amanat.

By: Publisher: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: xiii, 979 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780300112542
  • 0300112548
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 955/.03 23
LOC classification:
  • DS272 .A435 2017
Contents:
Part one. A Shi'i empire. Shi'ism and the Safavid Revolution (1501-1588) -- The age of 'Abbas I and the shaping of the Safavid Empire (1588-1666) -- The demise of the Safavid Order and the Unhappy Interregnums (1666-1797).
Part two. Reshaping of the guarded domains. The making of the Qajar Era (1797-1852) -- Naser al-Din Shah and maintaining a fragile balance (1848-1896) -- The constitutional revolution: road to a plural modernity (1905-1911).
Part three. A nation recast. The Great War and the rise of Reza Khan (1914-1925) -- Reza Shah and the Pahlavi Order (1925-1941) -- Chaotic democracy, oil nationalization, and denied hopes (1941-1953) -- The White Revolution and its opponents (1953-1963) -- Development, disarray, and discontent (1963-1977) -- Cultures of authority and cultures of dissent.
Part four. A contested revolution and the rise of the Islamic Republic. The making of the Islamic Revolution (1977-1979) -- The guardian jurist and his advocates -- Consolidation of the Islamic Republic (1979-1984) -- Facing the foe: the hostage crisis, the Iraq-Iran War, and the aftermath (1979-1989) -- Society and culture under the Islamic Republic.
Summary: Covers the history of the diverse societies and economies of Iran against the background of dynastic changes, revolutions, civil wars, foreign occupation, and the rise of the Islamic Republic. Amanat combines chronological and thematic approaches, exploring events with lasting implications for modern Iran and the world. Drawing on diverse historical scholarship and emphasizing the twentieth century, he addresses debates about Iran's culture and society. Political history is the driving narrative force, given impetus by Amanat's decades of research and teaching. He layers the book with discussions of literature, music, and the arts; ideology and religion; and economy and society, as well as the politics of identity and the legacy of Iran's long history. --From publisher description.
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Covers the history of the diverse societies and economies of Iran against the background of dynastic changes, revolutions, civil wars, foreign occupation, and the rise of the Islamic Republic. Amanat combines chronological and thematic approaches, exploring events with lasting implications for modern Iran and the world. Drawing on diverse historical scholarship and emphasizing the twentieth century, he addresses debates about Iran's culture and society. Political history is the driving narrative force, given impetus by Amanat's decades of research and teaching. He layers the book with discussions of literature, music, and the arts; ideology and religion; and economy and society, as well as the politics of identity and the legacy of Iran's long history. --From publisher description.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 915-944) and index.

Part one. A Shi'i empire. Shi'ism and the Safavid Revolution (1501-1588) -- The age of 'Abbas I and the shaping of the Safavid Empire (1588-1666) -- The demise of the Safavid Order and the Unhappy Interregnums (1666-1797).

Part two. Reshaping of the guarded domains. The making of the Qajar Era (1797-1852) -- Naser al-Din Shah and maintaining a fragile balance (1848-1896) -- The constitutional revolution: road to a plural modernity (1905-1911).

Part three. A nation recast. The Great War and the rise of Reza Khan (1914-1925) -- Reza Shah and the Pahlavi Order (1925-1941) -- Chaotic democracy, oil nationalization, and denied hopes (1941-1953) -- The White Revolution and its opponents (1953-1963) -- Development, disarray, and discontent (1963-1977) -- Cultures of authority and cultures of dissent.

Part four. A contested revolution and the rise of the Islamic Republic. The making of the Islamic Revolution (1977-1979) -- The guardian jurist and his advocates -- Consolidation of the Islamic Republic (1979-1984) -- Facing the foe: the hostage crisis, the Iraq-Iran War, and the aftermath (1979-1989) -- Society and culture under the Islamic Republic.

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