Social Histories of Iran: Modernism and Marginality in the Middle East

ISBN-13: 9781316641255 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 320 str.

Stephanie Cronin

Opis

A social history of modern Iran 'from below' focused on subaltern groups and contextualised by developments within Middle Eastern and global history.

Recenzje

'Every chapter is rich in detail, supplemented by footnotes that serve as a wonderful guide to the social history literature in Persian and English, and a 28-page bibliography. The introductory chapter is an excellent, detailed summary of the book's theses. Recommended.' P. Clawson, Choice

Spis treści

Introduction; I. Iran: 1. The Iranian Revolution, the Islamic Republic and the 'Red 1970s': a Global History; 2. Bread and Justice in Qajar Iran: the Moral Economy, the Free Market and the Hungry Poor; 3. The Dark Side of Modernism: the 'Dangerous Classes' in Iran; II. The Wider Middle East: 4. Noble Robbers, Avengers and Entrepreneurs: Eric Hobsbawm and Banditry in Iran, North Africa and the Middle East; 5. Islam Slave Agency and Abolitionism in Iran, North Africa and the Middle East; 6. Modernism and the Politics of Dress: Anti-Veiling Campaigns in the Muslim World.