| Description |
x, 464 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Nikki R. Keddie -- PART I. OVERVIEWS IN TIME: 1. Religion, society and Revolution in modern Iran / Nikki R. Keddie ; 2. Tradition and change in Iranian socio-religious thought / Mangol Bayat-Philipp ; 3. The transformation of health care in modern Iranian history / Byron J. Good ; 4. The political role of the Lutis in Iran / Willem M. Floor -- PART II. NOMADS AND AGRICULTURALISTS; 5. Economic transformations among Qashqai nomads, 1962-1978 / Lois Beck ; 6. Size and success: Komachi adaptation in a changing Iran / Daniel A. Bradburd ; 7. Tent schools of the Qashqai: A paradox of local initiative and state control / Paul Barker ; 8. Khans and Kings: the dialectics of power in Bakhtiyari / Gene R. Garthwaite ; 9. Persian Gulf trade and agricultural economy of Southern Iran in the nineteenth century / Roger T. Olson ; 10. Rural socioeconomic organization in transition: The case of Iran's Bonehs / Eric J. Hooglund -- PART III. URBAN GROUPS AND CLASSES: 11. The strengths and weaknesses of the Labor Movement in Iran, 1941-1953 / Ervand Abrahamian ; 12. Shops and shopkeepers: Dynamics of an Iranian provincial bazaar / Michael E. Bonine ; 13. Petty traders in Iran / C. Tom Thompson ; 14. The changing status and composition of an Iranian provincial elite / Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good ; 15. The Shirazi provincial elite: Status maintenance and change / William R. Royce ; 16. The religious dimensions of modernization among the Jews of Shiraz / Laurence D. Loeb -- PART 4. ASPECTS OF CULTURE: 17. Language and social distinctions in Iran / Michael C. Hillmann ; 18. Cinema as a political instrument / Hamid Naficy ; 19. A full arena: The development and meaning of popular performance traditions in Iran / William O. Beeman ; 20. Chairs and change in Qajar Times / Samuel R. Peterson. |
| Subject |
Iran -- Social conditions.
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Iran -- Politics and government.
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| Added Author |
Bonine, Michael E., 1942-
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Keddie, Nikki R.
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| ISBN |
0873954653 |
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9780873954655 |
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