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Title The making of modern Iran [electronic resource] : state and society under Riza Shah 1921-1941 / edited by Stephanie Cronin.

Imprint London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.

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Description xi, 279 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.
Series RoutledgeCurzon/BIPS Persian studies series
RoutledgeCurzon/BIPS Persian studies series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, 1878-1944.
Newly independent states.
Iran -- Politics and government -- 1925-1979.
Iran -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Cronin, Stephanie.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0415302846 (alk. paper)

 
    
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