Towards a modern Iran
Subtitle: studies in thought, politics, and society
By: edited by Elie Kedourie and Sylvia G. Haim.
Contributors: Kedourie, Elie.; Kedourie, Sylvia.
Publisher: Cass
Published: 1980
Place of publication: London; Totowa, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
Subjects: Iran -- History -- 20th century.; Iran -- History -- Qajar dynasty, 1794-1925.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Persia on a cross of silver, 1880-1890 / P.W. Avery and J.B. Simmons; title: The Mazanderan Development Project and Haji Mohammad Hasan / William J. Olson; title: Sayyid Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani from the perspective of a Russian Muslim / Edward J. Lazzerini; title: Mirza Aqa Khan Kirmani / Mangol Bayat-Philipp; title: Kasravi / Ervand Abrahamian; title: The Iranian heritage in the eyes of the contemporary poet Midhi Akhavan Salis (M. Omid) / Sorour S. Soroudi; title: Shiʻism in contemporary Iranian politics / Mangol Bayat-Philipp; title: Preachers as substitutes for mass media / Asghar Fathi; title: The genesis of the Anglo-Persian Agreement of 1919 / William J. Olson; title: The military and politics in Iran / Farhad Kazemi; title: The impact of increased oil revenue on Iran's economic development (1973-76) / Hushang Moghtader.