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Century of Revolution : Social Movements in Iran.
Title:
Century of Revolution : Social Movements in Iran.
Author:
Foran, John.
ISBN:
9780816686094
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (282 pages)
Series:
Social Movements, Protest, and Contention
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Names and Dates -- Map of Iran -- Introduction: On the Study of Social Movements in Iran -- 1. Shi'i Political Discourse and Class Mobilization in the Tobacco Movement of 1890-92 -- 2. Social Democracy and the Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1906-11 -- 3. The Rise of Reza Khan -- 4. The Nationalist Movements in Azarbaijan and Kurdistan, 1941-46 -- 5. The Oil Nationalization Movement, 1949-53 -- 6. Mosque of Last Resort: State Reform and Social Conflict in the Early 1960s -- 7. The Iranian Revolution of 1977-79: A Challenge for Social Theory -- 8. Islamic Populism, Class, and Gender in Postrevolutionary Iran -- 9. A Century of Revolution: Comparative, Historical, and Theoretical Perspectives on Social Movements in Iran -- Select Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
This volume offers a much needed look into the historical, social, and political developments leading up to the Iranian revolution. Bringing together a group of scholars, historians, and social scientists, most of them Iranian in origin, the book documents an extraordinary revolutionary heritage that predates this century.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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