Iran :

By: Amanat, Abbas [author.]Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]Description: xiii, 979 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780300248937 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Iran -- History -- 16th-18th centuries | Iran -- History -- Qajar dynasty, 1794-1925 | Iran -- History -- 20th century | HistoryDDC classification: 955.03 LOC classification: DS272 | .A435 2019Summary: This history of modern Iran is not a survey in the conventional sense but an ambitious exploration of the story of a nation. It offers a revealing look at how events, people, and institutions are shaped by currents that sometimes reach back hundreds of years. The book covers the complex history of the diverse societies and economies of Iran against the background of dynastic changes, revolutions, civil wars, foreign occupation, and the rise of the Islamic Republic.
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Originally published: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This history of modern Iran is not a survey in the conventional sense but an ambitious exploration of the story of a nation. It offers a revealing look at how events, people, and institutions are shaped by currents that sometimes reach back hundreds of years. The book covers the complex history of the diverse societies and economies of Iran against the background of dynastic changes, revolutions, civil wars, foreign occupation, and the rise of the Islamic Republic.