Iran : a people interrupted /

Dabashi, Hamid, 1951-

Iran : a people interrupted / Hamid Dabashi. - New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, 2008. - xii, 324 pages ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

On nations without borders -- The dawn of colonial modernity -- A constitutional revolution -- The Pahlavis -- An Islamic revolution -- To reconstruct and reform -- The end of Islamic ideology.

Hamid Dabashi traces the full sweep of Iran's history over the past two centuries and gives us an unprecedented analysis of key events, cultural trends, and political developments up to the collapse of the reform movement and the emergence of the new and combative presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad."--BOOK JACKET

9781595583338 (pbk.)

2006019250

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013619133 Uk


Iran--History--20th century.
Irán--Historia--Siglo XX

415 DS 316.3 / D111i 2008

955.05