Modern Iran : Roots and Results of Revolution

by Nikki R. Keddie; with a section by Yann Richard

• ISBN13: 9780300098563
• ISBN10: 0300098561
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2003-08-11
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

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""Shifting her historical focus from the roots of the Iranian revolution to its consequences, Nikki Keddie has expanded her original classic to include a sharply probing and perceptive guide to more than two decades of tumultuous developments in the Islamic Republic of Iran."--Gary Sick

Author Biography

Nikki R. Keddie is professor of history at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
Preface	xi
Preface to the 1981 edition of Roots of Revolution	xv
1. Religion and Society to 1800	1	(21)
Background	1	(2)
Islam and Society	3	(19)
2. Foundations of Nineteenth-Century Iran	22	(15)
3. Continuity and Change under the Qajars: 1796-1890	37	(21)
4. Protest and Revolution: 1890-1914	58	(15)
5. War and Reza Shah: 1914-1941	73	(32)
1914-1921	73	(7)
1921-1925	80	(8)
1925-1941	88	(17)
6. World War II and Mosaddeq: 1941-1953	105	(27)
World War II, 1941-1945	105	(5)
Postwar Socioeconomic Problems	110	(13)
The Oil Crisis and Mosaddeq	123	(9)
7. Royal Dictatorship: 1953-1977	132	(38)
General Character of the Period	132	(3)
1954-1960	135	(5)
1960-1963	140	(8)
Reform, Boom, and Bust: 1963-1977	148	(22)
8. Modern Iranian Political Thought	170	(44)
Intellectual and Literary Trends to 1960 by N. Keddie	170	(18)
Contemporary Shi'i Thought by Yann Richard	188	(24)
Conclusion by N. Keddie	212	(2)
9. The Revolution	214	(26)
Secular and Guerilla Opposition Forces	214	(8)
The "Religious Opposition" and the Revolution	222	(18)
10. Politics and Economics under Khomeini: 1979-1989	240	(23)
11. Politics and Economics in Post-Khomeini Iran	263	(22)
12. Society, Gender, Culture, and Intellectual Life	285	(32)
Conclusion	317	(6)
Notes	323	(32)
Select Bibliography	355	(12)
Index	367