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Orange Code:33111
Paperback:329 pages
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1. Riza Shah’s political legitimacy and social base,1921–19412. Riza Shah and the paradoxes of militarymodernization in Iran, 1921–19413. Mudarris, republicanismand the rise to power ofRiza Khan, Sardar-i Sipah4. Riza Shah’s abrogation of capitulations, 1927–19285. Performing the nation: The Shah’s official statevisit to Kemalist Turkey, June to July 19346. Transforming dangerous nomads into useful artisans,technicians, agriculturalists: education in the Reza7. Triumphs and travails of authoritarian modernisationin Iran8. Expanding agendas for the ‘new’ Iranian woman:family law, work, and unveiling9. Reza Shah Pahlavi and women: a re-evaluation10. Riza Shah and the disintegration of Bakhtiyaripower in Iran, 1921–1934
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This collection of essays, by a distinguished group of specialists, offers a new and exciting interpretation of Riza Shah's Iran. A period of key importance, the years between 1921-1941 have, until now, remained relatively neglected. Recently, however, there has been a marked revival of interest in the history of these two decades and this collection brings together some of the best of this recent new scholarship.
Illustrating the diversity and complexity of interpretations to which contemporary scholarship has given rise, the collection looks at both the high politics of the
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