Soldiers, Shahs and Subalterns in Iran [electronic resource] : Opposition, Protest and Revolt, 1921–1941 /
Cronin, Stephanie.author.
Against conventional views of the unchallenged hegemony of a modernizing monarchy, this book argues that power was continuously contested in Riza Shah's Iran. Cronin excavates the successive challenges to Riza Shah's regime posed by a range of subaltern social groups and seeks to restore to these groups a sense of their historical agency.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. From constitutionalism to dictatorship -- pt. 2. The new order and its opponents.
Against conventional views of the unchallenged hegemony of a modernizing monarchy, this book argues that power was continuously contested in Riza Shah's Iran. Cronin excavates the successive challenges to Riza Shah's regime posed by a range of subaltern social groups and seeks to restore to these groups a sense of their historical agency.
Civilization-History.
World politics.
Middle East-Politics and governm.
Middle East-History.
History, Modern.
Military history.
Cultural History.
Political History.
Middle Eastern Politics.
History of the Middle East.
Modern History.
History of Military.