Resistance to the Shah : landowners and the ulama in Iran / Mohammad Gholi Majd. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Majd, Mohammad Gholi, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Majd, Mohammad Ali, 1891-1978.

Majd, Mohammad Ali.

Land tenure--Political aspects--Iran--History--20th century.

Land tenure.

Landowners--Iran--Political activity--History--2 0th century.

Landowners.

Agriculture and state--Iran--History--20th century.

Agriculture and state.

Ulama--Iran--Political activity.

Ulama.

Iran--History--Pahlavi dynasty, 1925-1979.

Iran.

Landowners--Political activity--Iran--History--20th century.

Ulama--Political activity--Iran.

Land tenure--Political aspects--History--20th century--Iran.

Landowners--History--Political activity--2 0th century--Iran.

Agriculture and state--History--Iran--20th century.

Ulama--Political activity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 415 p., [2] p. of plates ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Brief historical survey and introduction

Political career of Mohammad Ali Majd, Fatn ol Saltaneh: from supporter to opponent of the Pahlavis

Acquisition of land and wealth by Reza Shah

Background to land distribution: sale and distribution of Pahlavi estates, 1951-1962

Founding the agricultural union of Iran, 1959, Land Reform Law of May 1960, and cabinet decrees of 9 January 1962 and 17 January 1963

The vagary and perfidy of American policy

Selected publications and bulletins of the agricultural union of Iran and organizations of small landowners

Landowners' appeal to the Ulama and the response

America's role as seen by the opposition: conspiracy and betrayal

Suppressing the opposition and silencing the agricultural union of Iran

Theory and practice of land reform: case studies in landownership, taxation, and land distribution

The structure of landownership on the eve of land distribution: expropriation and plight of the small landowners

Toward a theory of landownership in Islamic Iran and some consequences of land distribution.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-395) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-8130-2297-5