Political, Social and Cultural History of Modern Iran : Essays in Honour of Ervand Abrahamian / edited by H. E. Chehabi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chehabi, Houchang E., editor.

Series:

Edinburgh historical studies of Iran and the Persian world.

Edinburgh Historical Studies of Iran and the Persian World Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iran--Civilization--20th century.

Iran.

Iran--Civilization--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (466 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2025]

Summary:

Illuminates hitherto-understudied aspects of Iran's socio-political and socio-cultural history.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures

Notes on Contributors

Preface

In Conversation with Ervand Abrahamian

A Bibliography of Ervand Abrahamian

PART I IRAN IN THE WORLD

1 The 1907 Anglo-Russian Agreement: A Postscript

2 Mohammad Mosaddeq and the ‘Standard of Civilisation’

3 The Demise of the Anglo-Iranian Agreement of 1919

PART II TRANSITIONS

4 From Sardar Sepah to Reza Shah: The Illegality of Pahlavi Reign

5 ‘Abadan in Fire and Blood!’: The Role of the Crowd in the History of the Nationalisation of the Iranian Oil Industry

6 Did Progressive Muslims Pave the Way for the Hegemony of ‘Khomeinism’? Public Religion and the 1979 Revolution

7 Second Supreme Swapping: Prospects for Leadership Change in Iran

PART III POLITICS

8 The Tudeh Party of Iran’s Attitude towards Mohammad Mosaddeq

9 The Shadow of Mosaddeq: History, Memory and the Construction of a Myth

10 Peykār Organisation: History, Contexts, Transformations, Challenges

PART IV CULTURE AND SOCIETY

11 Dialogue in Qānun: Theatrical Reporting as a Political Device

12 ‘We became plucked’: Reza Shah’s Education Policy and the Armenian Community of Iran

13 Fātemeh Sayyāh: Forgotten Scholar, Public Intellectual and Women’s Rights Advocate

PART V LIFE IN THE CITY

14 The Poor as a Problem of Governance: Mashhad Poorhouse in 1939

15 Leisure Architecture and the Aesthetics of the Pahlavi ‘Modern Middle Class’

16 The Reinvention of Mahallehs in Post-revolutionary Tehran: Spatial Reconfiguration and Political Control

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781399544276

1399544276

9781399544269

1399544268

OCLC:

1503846546