TY - BOOK ID - 17588033 TI - A history of modern Iran PY - 2008 SN - 9780521528917 9780521821391 9780511984402 9780511415357 0511415354 0521528917 0521821398 0511984405 9780511412134 0511412134 1107174503 1107385792 1281751332 9786611751333 0511414676 0511413076 0511413998 9781107385795 9780511413070 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - History of Asiaanno 1800-1999Iran KW - History of Asia KW - anno 1800-1999 KW - Iran KW - History KW - Arts and Humanities UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17588033 AB - In a reappraisal of Iran's modern history, Ervand Abrahamian traces its traumatic journey across the twentieth century, through the discovery of oil, imperial interventions, the rule of the Pahlavis and, in 1979, revolution and the birth of the Islamic Republic. In the intervening years, the country has experienced a bitter war with Iraq, the transformation of society under the clergy and, more recently, the expansion of the state and the struggle for power between the old elites, the intelligentsia and the commercial middle class. The author is a compassionate expositor. While he adroitly negotiates the twists and turns of the country's regional and international politics, at the heart of his book are the people of Iran. It is to them and their resilience that this book is dedicated, as Iran emerges at the beginning of the twenty-first century as one of the most powerful states in the Middle East. ER -