Ansari, Ali
The History of Modern Iran Since 1921: the Pahlavis & After, Longman,
Pearson Education, London, 2003, 272 pp.
ISBN: 058235685
Contents |
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Acknowledgements |
viii |
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Glossary |
ix |
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Chronology of Modern Iran |
xi |
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Map |
xiii |
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Introduction |
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| Reform and reaction | 3 |
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| The Constitutional Revolution | 5 |
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| Social structures | 7 |
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| International integration | 8 |
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| Weapons of the weak | 9 |
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| Analysing Iranian political structures | 10 |
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| The emergence of social forces | 13 |
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| Nationalism | 14 |
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| A revolutionary century | 18 |
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2 |
Reza Khan and the Establishment of the Pahlavi State |
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| Iran in the aftermath of the Constitutional Revolution | 21 |
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| The coup of February 1921 | 24 |
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| Britain and the coup of 1921 | 26 |
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| The consolidation of power and the imposition of a new order | 27 |
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| Nationalism and the myth of the saviour | 31 |
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| Domination of the Majlis and civilian reforms | 33 |
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| The 'Republican' intermezzo | 37 |
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Reza Shah: Modernisation and Tradition, 1926-41 | 40 |
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| The invention of tradition | 41 |
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The continuation of reform: nationalism and modernisation |
42 |
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| Institutionalising the dynasty: the politics of dynastic nationalism | 59 |
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| The fall | 72 |
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| An assessment | 73 |
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Political Pluralism and the Ascendancy of Nationalism, 1941-53 | 75 |
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| The levels of political awareness | 77 |
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| The mass media | 78 |
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| The radio | 80 |
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| The limits of plurality | 80 |
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| Fragmentation: challenges to the Pahlavi state: the Allied Occupation | 82 |
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| The tribal revolts | 87 |
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| The separatist movements in Azerbaijan and Kurdistan | 88 |
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| Contested 'nationalisms' | 98 |
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| The young Shah and the development of dynastic nationalism | 99 |
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| Dr Mohammed Mosaddeq and the oil nationalisation crisis | 106 |
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| Towards oil nationalisation | 107 |
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| The Premiership of Dr Mohammed Mosaddeq, 1951-53 | 112 |
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The Consolidation of Power, 1953-60 | 125 |
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| A changing society | 126 |
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| The return of the Shah | 128 |
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| The politics of consolidation | 129 |
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| The 'Mosaddeq Myth' | 131 |
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| Ebtehaj and economic development | 132 |
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| Cultivating the military: Iran and the Cold War | 135 |
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| The Shah ascendant | 139 |
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| A fragile royal dominance | 143 |
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The 'White Revolution' | 147 |
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| The roots of the 'White Revolution' | 148 |
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| Social and economic development | 150 |
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| Amini and the launch of a 'white revolution' | 152 |
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| The Shah and the 'White Revolution' | 157 |
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Towards the Great Civilisation | 166 |
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| The crest of the wave | 167 |
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| The international statesman | 176 |
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| Domestic tensions | 178 |
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| The 'Emperor of Oil' | 182 |
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| Democratic centralism: the Rastakhiz (Resurrection) Party | 185 |
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| The myth of imperial authority: the apogee of sacral kingship | 187 |
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| Towards the Great Civilisation | 189 |
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Revolution, War and 'Islamic Republic' | 192 |
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| The political framework | 192 |
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| Reality bites: the fall of the Shah | 195 |
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| The triumph of the revolution: the premiership of Bazargan | 211 |
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| War | 229 |
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| The social and political consequences of the war | 239 |
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| Rafsanjani and the ascendancy of the mercantile bourgeoisie | 241 |
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| The Islamic Republic defined | 243 |
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| Khatami | 247 |
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Conclusion: A Century of Reform and Revolution | 250 |
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| Guide to Further Research | 254 |
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| Archival Sources in Iran | 255 |
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| Select Bibliography | 257 |
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| Documentary sources (Persian) | 257 |
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| Documentary sources (English) | 257 |
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| Newspapers and journals (Persian) | 258 |
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| Newspapers and journals (English) | 258 |
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| Secondary sources (Persian) | 259 |
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| Secondary sources (English) | 260 |
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Index |
269 |
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