Author: Stephanie Cronin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107190843
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
A social history of modern Iran 'from below' focused on subaltern groups and contextualised by developments within Middle Eastern and global history.
Social Histories of Iran
Author: Stephanie Cronin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107190843
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
A social history of modern Iran 'from below' focused on subaltern groups and contextualised by developments within Middle Eastern and global history.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107190843
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
A social history of modern Iran 'from below' focused on subaltern groups and contextualised by developments within Middle Eastern and global history.
Making History in Iran
Author: Farzin Vejdani
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 080479281X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Iranian history was long told through a variety of stories and legend, tribal lore and genealogies, and tales of the prophets. But in the late nineteenth century, new institutions emerged to produce and circulate a coherent history that fundamentally reshaped these fragmented narratives and dynastic storylines. Farzin Vejdani investigates this transformation to show how cultural institutions and a growing public-sphere affected history-writing, and how in turn this writing defined Iranian nationalism. Interactions between the state and a cross-section of Iranian society—scholars, schoolteachers, students, intellectuals, feminists, and poets—were crucial in shaping a new understanding of nation and history. This enlightening book draws on previously unexamined primary sources—including histories, school curricula, pedagogical materials, periodicals, and memoirs—to demonstrate how the social locations of historians writ broadly influenced their interpretations of the past. The relative autonomy of these historians had a direct bearing on whether history upheld the status quo or became an instrument for radical change, and the writing of history became central to debates on social and political reform, the role of women in society, and the criteria for citizenship and nationality. Ultimately, this book traces how contending visions of Iranian history were increasingly unified as a centralized Iranian state emerged in the early twentieth century.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 080479281X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Iranian history was long told through a variety of stories and legend, tribal lore and genealogies, and tales of the prophets. But in the late nineteenth century, new institutions emerged to produce and circulate a coherent history that fundamentally reshaped these fragmented narratives and dynastic storylines. Farzin Vejdani investigates this transformation to show how cultural institutions and a growing public-sphere affected history-writing, and how in turn this writing defined Iranian nationalism. Interactions between the state and a cross-section of Iranian society—scholars, schoolteachers, students, intellectuals, feminists, and poets—were crucial in shaping a new understanding of nation and history. This enlightening book draws on previously unexamined primary sources—including histories, school curricula, pedagogical materials, periodicals, and memoirs—to demonstrate how the social locations of historians writ broadly influenced their interpretations of the past. The relative autonomy of these historians had a direct bearing on whether history upheld the status quo or became an instrument for radical change, and the writing of history became central to debates on social and political reform, the role of women in society, and the criteria for citizenship and nationality. Ultimately, this book traces how contending visions of Iranian history were increasingly unified as a centralized Iranian state emerged in the early twentieth century.
Iran in the Middle East
Author: Houchang Chehabi
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857737651
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
Iran's interaction with its neighbours is a topic of wide interest. But while many historical studies of the country concentrate purely on political events and high-profile actors, this book takes the opposite approach: writing history from below, it instead focuses on the role of everyday lives. Modern Iranian historiography has been dominated by ideas of nationalism, modernization, religion, autocracy, revolution and war. Iran in the Middle East adds new dimensions to the study of four crucial areas of Iranian history: the events and impact of the Constitutional Revolution, Iran's transnational connections, the social history of Iran and developments in historiography.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857737651
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
Iran's interaction with its neighbours is a topic of wide interest. But while many historical studies of the country concentrate purely on political events and high-profile actors, this book takes the opposite approach: writing history from below, it instead focuses on the role of everyday lives. Modern Iranian historiography has been dominated by ideas of nationalism, modernization, religion, autocracy, revolution and war. Iran in the Middle East adds new dimensions to the study of four crucial areas of Iranian history: the events and impact of the Constitutional Revolution, Iran's transnational connections, the social history of Iran and developments in historiography.
Frontier Nomads of Iran
Author: Richard Tapper
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521029063
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Based on three decades of ethnographic fieldwork and documentary research, this book traces the political and social history of the Shahsevan, one of the major nomadic peoples of Iran. It is a dramatic story, recounting the mythical origins of the tribes, their unification as a confederacy and their eventual decline. In its synthesis of anthropology and history, the book will make a major contribution to the study of the Middle East and Central Asia, and also to current debates on tribe-state relations and the relationship between identity and history.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521029063
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Based on three decades of ethnographic fieldwork and documentary research, this book traces the political and social history of the Shahsevan, one of the major nomadic peoples of Iran. It is a dramatic story, recounting the mythical origins of the tribes, their unification as a confederacy and their eventual decline. In its synthesis of anthropology and history, the book will make a major contribution to the study of the Middle East and Central Asia, and also to current debates on tribe-state relations and the relationship between identity and history.
The Oxford Handbook of Iranian History
Author: Touraj Daryaee
Publisher: OUP USA
ISBN: 0199732159
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
This handbook is a guide to Iran's complex history. The book emphasizes the large-scale continuities of Iranian history while also describing the important patterns of transformation that have characterized Iran's past.
Publisher: OUP USA
ISBN: 0199732159
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
This handbook is a guide to Iran's complex history. The book emphasizes the large-scale continuities of Iranian history while also describing the important patterns of transformation that have characterized Iran's past.
Iran
Author: Yann Richard
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110847683X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An introduction to the history of Iran since 1800, covering key events up to the current Islamic Republic.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110847683X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An introduction to the history of Iran since 1800, covering key events up to the current Islamic Republic.
Democracy in Iran
Author: Ali Gheissari
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195396960
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
In this book, Ali Gheissari and Vali Nasr look at the political history of Iran in the modern era, and offer an in-depth analysis of the prospects for democracy to flourish there. After having produced the only successful Islamist challenge to the state, a revolution, and an Islamic Republic, Iran is now poised to produce a genuine and indigenous democratic movement in the Muslim world. Democracy in Iran is neither a sudden development nor a western import, and Gheissari and Nasr seek to understand why democracy failed to grow roots and lost ground to an autocratic Iranian state.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195396960
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
In this book, Ali Gheissari and Vali Nasr look at the political history of Iran in the modern era, and offer an in-depth analysis of the prospects for democracy to flourish there. After having produced the only successful Islamist challenge to the state, a revolution, and an Islamic Republic, Iran is now poised to produce a genuine and indigenous democratic movement in the Muslim world. Democracy in Iran is neither a sudden development nor a western import, and Gheissari and Nasr seek to understand why democracy failed to grow roots and lost ground to an autocratic Iranian state.
Social Media in Iran
Author: David M. Faris
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438458843
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Social Media in Iran is the first book to tell the complex story of how and why the Iranian people—including women, homosexuals, dissidents, artists, and even state actors—use social media technology, and in doing so create a contentious environment wherein new identities and realities are constructed. Drawing together emerging and established scholars in communication, culture, and media studies, this volume considers the role of social media in Iranian society, particularly the time during and after the controversial 2009 presidential election, a watershed moment in the postrevolutionary history of Iran. While regional specialists may find studies on specific themes useful, the aim of this volume is to provide broad narratives of actor-based conceptions of media technology, an approach that focuses on the experiential and social networking processes of digital practices in the information era extended beyond cultural specificities. Students and scholars of regional and media studies will find this volume rich with empirical and theoretical insights on the subject of how technologies shape political and everyday life.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438458843
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Social Media in Iran is the first book to tell the complex story of how and why the Iranian people—including women, homosexuals, dissidents, artists, and even state actors—use social media technology, and in doing so create a contentious environment wherein new identities and realities are constructed. Drawing together emerging and established scholars in communication, culture, and media studies, this volume considers the role of social media in Iranian society, particularly the time during and after the controversial 2009 presidential election, a watershed moment in the postrevolutionary history of Iran. While regional specialists may find studies on specific themes useful, the aim of this volume is to provide broad narratives of actor-based conceptions of media technology, an approach that focuses on the experiential and social networking processes of digital practices in the information era extended beyond cultural specificities. Students and scholars of regional and media studies will find this volume rich with empirical and theoretical insights on the subject of how technologies shape political and everyday life.
Iran
Author: Abbas Amanat
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780300248937
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A masterfully researched and compelling history of Iran from the sixteenth century to the twenty-first
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780300248937
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A masterfully researched and compelling history of Iran from the sixteenth century to the twenty-first
The Cambridge History of Iran
Author: William Bayne Fisher
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521200950
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1170
Book Description
Iran from 1722-1979: political, social, economic and religious aspects of Iran.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521200950
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1170
Book Description
Iran from 1722-1979: political, social, economic and religious aspects of Iran.