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xiii, 979 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 25 cm |
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Part one. A Shi'i empire. Shi'ism and the Safavid Revolution (1501-1588) -- The age of 'Abbas I and the shaping of the Safavid Empire (1588-1666) -- The demise of the Safavid Order and the Unhappy Interregnums (1666-1797). |
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Part two. Reshaping of the guarded domains. The making of the Qajar Era (1797-1852) -- Naser al-Din Shah and maintaining a fragile balance (1848-1896) -- The constitutional revolution: road to a plural modernity (1905-1911). |
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Part three. A nation recast. The Great War and the rise of Reza Khan (1914-1925) -- Reza Shah and the Pahlavi Order (1925-1941) -- Chaotic democracy, oil nationalization, and denied hopes (1941-1953) -- The White Revolution and its opponents (1953-1963) -- Development, disarray, and discontent (1963-1977) -- Cultures of authority and cultures of dissent. |
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Part four. A contested revolution and the rise of the Islamic Republic. The making of the Islamic Revolution (1977-1979) -- The guardian jurist and his advocates -- Consolidation of the Islamic Republic (1979-1984) -- Facing the foe: the hostage crisis, the Iraq-Iran War, and the aftermath (1979-1989) -- Society and culture under the Islamic Republic. |
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9780300112542 |
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0300112548 |
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