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The making of modern Iran : state and society under Riza Shah 1921-1941

Author: Stephanie Cronin
Publisher: London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.
Series: RoutledgeCurzon/BIPS Persian studies series.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Genre/Form: London (1999)
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Named Person: Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah of Iran; Schah) Resa Schah (Iran; Reza Pahlavi, shah d'Iran).
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Stephanie Cronin
ISBN: 0415302846 9780415302845 9780203423141 0203423143
OCLC Number: 50511091
Description: xi, 279 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Introduction / Stephanie Cronin --
PART I. THE NEW STATE --
Riza Shah's political legitimacy and social base, 1921-1941 / Homa Katouzian --
Riza Sha and the paradoxes of military modernization in Iran, 1921-1941 / Stephanie Cronin --
Mudarris, republicanism and the rise to power of Riza Khan, Sardar-i Sipah / Vanessa Martin --
PART II. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS --
Riza Shah's abrogation of capitulations, 1927-1928 / Michael Zirinsky --
Performing the nation: the Shah's official state visit to Kemalist Turkey, June to July 1934 / Afshin Marashi --
PART III. CULTURE AND IDEOLOGY --
Transforming dangerous nomads into useful artisans, technicians, agriculturalists: education in the Reza Shah period / Rudi Matthee --
Triumphs and travails of authoritarian modernization in Iran / Mehrzad Boroujerdi --
PART IV. WOMEN --
Expanding agendas for the 'new' Iranian woman: family law, work, and unveiling / Jasamin Mahdavi --
Banning of the veil and its consequences / H.E. Chehabi --
PART V. THE TRIBES --
Riza Shah and the tribes: an overview / Kaveh Bayat --
Case of the Shahsevan / Richard Tapper --
Riza Shah and the disintegration of Bakhtiyari power in Iran, 1921-1934 / Stephanie Cronin
Series Title: RoutledgeCurzon/BIPS Persian studies series.
Responsibility: edited by Stephanie Cronin.
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