Kirman and the Qajar Empire: Local Dimensions of Modernity in Iran, 1794-1914

ISBN-13: 9780367872533 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 186 str.

James Gustafson

Opis

Kirman and the Qajar Empire explores how these Kirmani local elites mediated political, economic, and social change in their community during the significant transitional period in Iran’s history, from the rise of the Qajar Empire through to World War I. It departs from the prevailing centre-periphery mod

Spis treści

 Introduction: The Politics of Households in Qajar Kirman Part One: Kirman and the Politics of Empire Chapter I: Kirman and the Qajar Empire Chapter II: Local Historiography and the Politics of the Great Game Part Two: A Regional Political Economy Chapter III: Household Networks and Rural Integration  Chapter IV: From Cotton to Carpets: Consolidating a Regional Economy Part Three: Patrimonialism and Social Change Chapter V: Contesting Urban Patrimonialism Chapter VI: The Household Politics of Revolution Conclusion: Mediating Modernity in Kirman

O autorze

James M Gustafson is Assistant Professor of History at Indiana State University, specializing in the social and economic history of the modern Middle East and Central Asia.