The State and the Subaltern Modernization, Society and the State in Turkey and Iran

1. Time, Labour-Discipline and Modernization in Turkey and Iran: Some Comparative Remarks - Touraj Atabaki
2. Workers and the Stae during the Late Ottoman Empire - Donald Quataert
3. Disgruntled Guests: Iranian Subalterns on the Margins of the Tsarist Empire - Touraj Atabaki
4. Modernization of the Empire and the Community 'Privileges': Greek Orthodox Responses to the Young Turk Policies - Vangelis Kechriotis
5. Reform from Above, Resistance from Below: The New Order and its Opponents in Iran, 1927-29 - Stephanie Cronin
6. The Ottoman Legacy of the Kemalist Republic - Erik-Jan Zurcher
7. With or Without Workers in Reza Shah's Iran: Abadan, May 1929 - Kaveh Bayat
8. Sufi Reactions Against the Reforms After Turkey's National Struggle: How a Nightingale Turned into a Crow - Huyla Kucuk
9. A Reaction to Authoritarian Modernization in Turkey: The Menemen Incident and the Creation and Contestation of a Myth, 1930-1931 - Umut Azak
10. Authority and Agency: Revisiting Women's Activism during Reza Shah's Period - Afsaneh Najmabadi
11. Polygamy Before and After the Introduction of the Swiss Civil Code in Turkey - Nicole A.N.M. van Os

This is the first study to observe the practice of modernization in Turkey and Iran not only from above, by examining the measures adopted by the political regimes of the late Ottomans, Atatürk and Reza Shah, but also from below, exploring how different social levels contributed to the drive for modernity.  It is a full and thorough analysis of how these societies reacted to reform and change.