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Modern Iran Roots and Results of Revolution

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ISBN-10: 0300121059

ISBN-13: 9780300121056

Edition: 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Nikki R. Keddie, Yann Richard

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In this updated edition of Nikki Keddie's "Modern Iran"--itself a substantially revised and expanded version of her classic work "Roots of Revolution--"the author provides a new preface and a fully annotated and indexed epilogue, reviewing recent developments in Iran since 2003. Keddie provides insightful commentary on Iran's nuclear and foreign policy, its relations with the United Nations and the United States, increasing conservative and hard-line tendencies in the government, and recent developments in the economy, cultural and intellectual life, and human rights. "Reviews of the 2003 edition: " "[An] essential book for one's working library."--L. Carl Brown, "Foreign Affairs"…    
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Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 8/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.93" long x 0.12" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English

List of Illustrations
Preface to the 2006 Edition
Preface to the 2003 Edition
Preface to the 1981 Edition of Roots of Revolution
Religion and Society to 1800
Background
Islam and Society
Foundations of Nineteenth-Century Iran
Continuity and Change under the Qajars: 1796-1890
Protest and Revolution: 1890-1914
War and Reza Shah: 1914-1941
1914-1921
1921-1925
1925-1941
World War II and Mosaddeq: 1941-1953
World War II, 1941-1945
Postwar Socioeconomic Problems
The Oil Crisis and Mosaddeq
Royal Dictatorship: 1953-1977
General Character of the Period
1954-1960
1960-1963
Reform, Boom, and Bust: 1963-1977
Modern Iranian Political Thought
Intellectual and Literary Trends to 1960
Contemporary Shi'i Thought
Conclusion
The Revolution
Secular and Guerilla Opposition Forces
The "Religious Opposition" and the Revolution
Politics and Economics under Khomeini: 1979-1989
Politics and Economics in Post-Khomeini Iran
Society, Gender, Culture, and Intellectual Life
Conclusion
Epilogue
Assessing Khatami's Last Years
Elections-Local, Parliamentary, and Presidential
Politics since the 2005 Elections
Minority and Ethnic Questions
Foreign and Nuclear Policy
The Economy
Cultural and Intellectual Life
Women's and Social Freedom Issues
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index