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Iran in the 20th century : historiography and political culture
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Iran in the 20th century : historiography and political culture

Author: Touraj Atabaki; Iran Heritage Foundation.
Publisher: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation, 2009.
Series: International library of Iranian studies, 20.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Covers some of the leading themes of historiography of 20th-century Iran, including constitutional reform and revolution, literature and architecture, identity, women and gender, nationalism,  Read more...

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Iran in the 20th century.
London ; New York : I.B. Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage Foundaton, 2009
(OCoLC)681294607
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Touraj Atabaki; Iran Heritage Foundation.
ISBN: 9781845119621 1845119622
OCLC Number: 311761253
Description: xiii, 336 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Historiography of twentieth century Iran : memory, amnesia and invention / Touraj Atabaki --
Historiography and crafting Iranian national identity / Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi --
Memory and amnesia in the historiography of the Constitutional Revolution / Abbas Amanat --
Disintegrating the "discourse of disintegration' : some reflections on the historiography of the late Qajar period and Iranian Cultural memory / Oliver Bast --
Agency and subjectivity in Iranian national historiography / Touraj Atabaki --
Nation's poet : Ferdowsi and the Iranian national imagination / Afshin Marashi --
Pahlavi school of historiography on the Pahlavi era / Kaveh Bayat --
Architectural historiography 1921-42 / Kamran Safamanesh --
Paranoid style in Iranian historiography / Houchang E. Chehabi --
Women, gender, and sexuality in historiography of modern Iran / Mana Kia, Afsaneh Najmabadi, and Sima Shakhsari --
Marxism, historiography and historical consciousness in modern Iran : a preliminary study / Afshin Matin-asgari --
Islamist historiography in post-revolutionary Iran / Kamran Scot Aghaie.
Series Title: International library of Iranian studies, 20.
Responsibility: edited by Touraj Atabaki.

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"[A]n excellent addition to the ever-increasing literature on contemporary Iran... [T]his book should be included on the list of recommended readings on contemporary Iranian history." --"CHOICE"

 
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