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Chronology of Significant Events in Iranian History Since 1500 | |
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Introduction | |
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Rise of the Modern State and the Transformation of Society | |
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Religion, Government, and the Social Structure in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries | |
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Establishment of Religious Uniformity and Consolidation of Shi'ite Clerical Power in Iran | |
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Collapse of the Safavid State and Tribal Domination of Urban Society in the Eighteenth Century | |
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The Qajar Government and the Social Structure of Iran in the Nineteenth Century | |
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Emergence of the Modern Idea of the State and Failure of Centralizing Reforms | |
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The Constitutional Revolution: 1905-1911 | |
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Revolution and Parliamentary Democracy: April 1905-June 1908 | |
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Constitutional Reforms of the State: 1907-December 1911 | |
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Traditionalist Counterrevolution and Tribal Civil War: 1908-March 1912 | |
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Compromises in the Constitutional Revolution | |
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Formation of the Modern Bureaucratic State in the Twentieth Century | |
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Modernization of the State Under Reza Shah | |
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Impact of the State on Iranian Society | |
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Mohammed Reza Shah's "White Revolution" and Its Consequences | |
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Shi'ism Versus Statism | |
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Sources of Conflict Between the State and Hierocracy | |
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Confrontations with the State During the Constitutional Revolution | |
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The Era of Pahlavi Modernization | |
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From Temporal to Theocratic Absolutism | |
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Khomeini and the Islamic Revolutionary Movement | |
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The Resurgence of Islam | |
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Revolutionary Politicization of the Islamic Movement | |
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Charismatic Leadership and Revolutionary Traditionalism | |
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The Revolution of February 1979 | |
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The Myth of the Islamic Revolution | |
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The Revolutionary Alignment of Social Classes | |
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The New Middle Class and the Revolution | |
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Paralysis and Collapse of the State | |
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The Armed Forces and the Revolution | |
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The United States and the Iranian Revolution | |
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Revolutionary Iran: February 1979-December 1982 | |
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Disintegration of the Pahlavi Regime and Establishment of Dual Power | |
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The Clerical Coup d'Etat of November 1979 | |
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Termination of Dual Power and Direct Clerical Takeover of the State | |
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Consolidation of Islamic Theocracy | |
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Principles of Legitimacy of Theocratic Government and the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran | |
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Elimination of Opposition and Normalization | |
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Distinctive Institutions of the Islamic Republic of Iran | |
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Continuities Between Pre- and Post-Revolutionary Iran | |
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Reflections on the Islamic Revolution | |
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The Revolutionary Transformation of Shi'ism | |
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Transformation of the Shi'ite Theory of Authority | |
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Transformation of the Shi'ite Law | |
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Significance of the Islamic Revolution: A Comparative Perspective | |
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Causes and Preconditions of the Islamic Revolution | |
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Teleology of the Islamic Revolution | |
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Conclusion | |
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Appendix | |
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Notes | |
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Glossary of Persian and Arabic Terms | |
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References | |
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Index | |