Iran : a modern history
Amanat, Abbas
Iran : a modern history - London Yale University Press 2017 - xv,979p.
Contents
Preface ix
Introduction 1
PART I A SHI'I EMPIRE 31
ONE Shi'ism and the Safavid Revolution (1501-1588) 33
TWO The Age of'Abbas I and the Shaping of
the Safavid Empire (1588-1666) 76
THREE The Demise of the Safavid Order and the Unhappy Interregnums (1666-1797) 126
PART II RESHAPING OF THE GUARDED DOMAINS 177
FouR The Making of the Qajar Era (1797-1852) 179 FIvE Naser al-Din Shah and Maintaining a
Fragile Balance (1848-1896) 247
SIx The Constitutional Revolution : Road to a Plural Modernity (1905-1911) 315
PART I II A NATION RECAST 387
SEvEN The Great War and the Rise of Reza Khan (1914-1925) 389
EIGHT Reza Shah and the Pahlavi Order (1925-1941) 446
NINE Chaotic Democracy, Oil Nationalization, and Denied Hopes (1941-1953) 502
TEN The White Revolution and Its Opponents (1953-1963) 562
ELEVEN Development, Disarray, and Discontent (1963-1977) 617
TwELVE Cultures of Authority and Cultures of Dissent 663
PART IV A CONTESTED REVOLUTION AND THE RISE OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC 701
THIRTEEN The Making of the Islamic Revolution (1977-1979) 703
FOURTEEN The Guardian Jurist and His Advocates 743
FIFTEEN Consolidation of the Islamic Republic (1979-1984) 773
SIX T E EN Facing the Foe : The Hostage Crisis,
the Iraq-Iran War, and the Mtermath (1979-1989) 82o
sEVENTEEN Society and Culture under the Islamic Republic 868
Epilogue 897
Notes 909
Further Readings 915
Index 945
Plates follow page 176
9780300248937
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Iran : a modern history - London Yale University Press 2017 - xv,979p.
Contents
Preface ix
Introduction 1
PART I A SHI'I EMPIRE 31
ONE Shi'ism and the Safavid Revolution (1501-1588) 33
TWO The Age of'Abbas I and the Shaping of
the Safavid Empire (1588-1666) 76
THREE The Demise of the Safavid Order and the Unhappy Interregnums (1666-1797) 126
PART II RESHAPING OF THE GUARDED DOMAINS 177
FouR The Making of the Qajar Era (1797-1852) 179 FIvE Naser al-Din Shah and Maintaining a
Fragile Balance (1848-1896) 247
SIx The Constitutional Revolution : Road to a Plural Modernity (1905-1911) 315
PART I II A NATION RECAST 387
SEvEN The Great War and the Rise of Reza Khan (1914-1925) 389
EIGHT Reza Shah and the Pahlavi Order (1925-1941) 446
NINE Chaotic Democracy, Oil Nationalization, and Denied Hopes (1941-1953) 502
TEN The White Revolution and Its Opponents (1953-1963) 562
ELEVEN Development, Disarray, and Discontent (1963-1977) 617
TwELVE Cultures of Authority and Cultures of Dissent 663
PART IV A CONTESTED REVOLUTION AND THE RISE OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC 701
THIRTEEN The Making of the Islamic Revolution (1977-1979) 703
FOURTEEN The Guardian Jurist and His Advocates 743
FIFTEEN Consolidation of the Islamic Republic (1979-1984) 773
SIX T E EN Facing the Foe : The Hostage Crisis,
the Iraq-Iran War, and the Mtermath (1979-1989) 82o
sEVENTEEN Society and Culture under the Islamic Republic 868
Epilogue 897
Notes 909
Further Readings 915
Index 945
Plates follow page 176
9780300248937
955 / AMA