000 03713nam a22004457a 4500
999 _c527468
_d527466
001 20449646
003 Ge_NSL
005 20200727163816.0
008 180413r20182008us ab b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2018007007
020 _a9781316648148 (paperback)
020 _a9781107198340 (hardback)
040 _aDLC
_beng
_cDLC
_erda
_dDLC
041 _aeng
042 _apcc
043 _aa-ir---
050 0 0 _aDS316.3
_b.A27 2018
080 _a94(55)
082 0 0 _a955.05
_223
084 _aHIS026000
_2bisacsh
100 1 _aAbrahamian, Ervand,
_d1940-
_9152323
245 1 2 _aA history of modern Iran /
_cErvand Abrahamian.
250 _aSecond edition, revised and updated.
264 1 _a[New York] :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2018.
300 _axxvii, 243 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 226-236) and index.
505 8 _aMachine generated contents note: Introduction, 1. "Royal despots": state and society under the Qajars; 2. Reform, revolution, and the Great War; 3. The iron fist of Reza Shah; 4. The nationalist interregnum; 5. Muhammad Reza Shah's White Revolution; 6. The Islamic Republic; Notes; Bibliography; Further Reading; Index.
520 _a"In a radical reappraisal of Iran's modern history, Ervand Abrahamian traces the country's traumatic journey from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, through the discovery of oil, imperial interventions, the rule of the Pahlavis, and the birth of the Islamic Republic. The first edition was named the Choice Outstanding Academic Title in 2009. This second edition brings the narrative up to date, with the Green uprisings of 2009, the second Ahmadinejad administration, the election of Rouhani, and the Iran nuclear deal. Ervand Abrahamian, who is one of the most distinguished historians writing on Iran today, is a compassionate expositor, and at the heart of the book is the people of Iran, who have endured and survived a century of war and revolution"--
520 _a"Iran entered the twentieth century with oxen and wooden plough. It exited with steel mills, one of the world's highest automobile accident rates, and, to the consternation of many, a nuclear program. This book narrates the dramatic transformation that has taken place in twentieth-century Iran. Since the main engine of this transformation has been the central government, the book focuses on the state, on how it was created and expanded, and how its expansion has had profound repercussions not only on the polity and economy, but also on the environment, culture, and, most important of all, wider society. Some repercussions were intended; others, especially protest movements and political revolutions, were not. This book may appear somewhat quaint and even insidious to those convinced that the state is inherently a part of the problem rather than solution of contemporary dilemmas. But since this book is about major transformations, and these transformations in Iran have been initiated invariably by the central government, it will focus on the latter hopefully without falling into the Hegelian-Rankean pitfalls of glorifying the state"--
650 7 _aHISTORY / Middle East / General.
_2bisacsh
_9152324
651 0 _aIran
_xHistory
_y20th century.
_9152325
653 _aისტორია
653 _aირანის ისტორია - მე-20 ს.
906 _a7
_bcbc
_corignew
_d1
_eecip
_f20
_gy-gencatlg
942 _2udc
_cBK