Stephanie Cronin

Tribal Politics in Iran

Rural Conflict and the New State, 1921-1941

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Produktbeschreibung

Placing Iran's 'tribal problem' in its historical context, this innovative and important work provides an overall assessment of tribal politics in the Riza Shah period, challenging conventional political and scholarly approaches to tribal politics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 396g
• ISBN-13: 9780415596244
• ISBN-10: 0415596246
• Artikelnr.: 32463856

Autorenporträt

Stephanie Cronin is Iran Heritage Foundation Fellow at University College, Northampton and Senior Research Associate in the History Department, SOAS, University of London. Her current work focuses on subaltern responses to modernity in Modern Iran.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Tribe and State: The "Tribal Problem" in Iran 2. The New
State and the Rural Poor 3. The Destruction of the Tribal Leaderships: The
Great Khans of the Bakhtiyari 4. Challenges from Within: Junior Khans,
Nomads and Peasants in Bakhtiyari 5. Rural Resistance: The Tribal Uprisings
of 1929 6. The Politics of Debt: The Anglo-Persian Oil Company and the
Bakhtiyari Khans 7. The Politics of Terror: The Fall of Sardar Asad and the
"Bakhtiyari Plot." Conclusion: The End of Tribal Politics in Iran.
Appendix: Tribal Campaigns 1921-1941