IRAN : A Modern History /
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 moder...
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New Haven, CT :
Yale University Press,
[2017]
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Table of 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