The Making Of Modern Iran: State And Society Under Riza Shah, 1921-1941 (routledgecurzon Bips Persian Studies Series)

THE MAKING OF MODERN IRAN This collection of essays, by a distinguished group of specialists, offers a new and exciting interpretation of Riza Shah’s Iran. A period of key importance, the years between 1921 and 1941 have, until now, remained relatively neglected. Recently, however, there has been a marked revival of interest in the history of these two decades and this volume brings together some of the best of this new scholarship. Illustrating the diversity and complexity of interpretations to which contemporary scholarship has given rise, the collection looks at both the high politics of the new state and at ‘history from below’, examining some of the fierce controversies which have arisen surrounding such issues as the gender politics of the new regime, the nature of its nationalism and its treatment of the tribes. The chapters in this volume collectively present a picture of Iran under Riza Shah in all its complexity, in darker as well as lighter shades, highlighting the era’s debt to the past as well as its legacy to the future. Stephanie Cronin is Iran Heritage Foundation Fellow at University College, Northampton and Senior Research Associate in the History Department, SOAS, University of London. She is author of The Army and the Creation of the Pahlavi State in Iran, 1910–1926 (1997). Her current work focuses on subaltern responses to modernity in Iran. ROUTLEDGECURZON/BIPS PERSIAN STUDIES SERIES Editorial Board Professor C.E.Bosworth, Dr V.S.Curtis, Dr R.M.Gleave, Dr V.A.Martin The RoutledgeCurzon/BIPS Persian Studies Series publishes scholarly books in the social sciences and humanities on Iran. Such works include: original research monographs, suitably revised theses, specially planned books deriving from conferences, specially commissioned, multi-authored research books, and translations. IRANIAN HISTORY AND POLITICS The dialectic of state and society Homa Katouzian THE MAKING OF MODERN IRAN State and society under Riza Shah, 1921–1941 Edited by Stephanie Cronin THE MAKING OF MODERN IRAN State and society under Riza Shah, 1921– 1941 Edited by Stephanie Cronin LONDON AND NEW YORK First published 2003 by RoutledgeCurzon 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by RoutledgeCurzon 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 RoutledgeCurzon is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge's collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” © 2003 Selection and editorial matter, Stephanie Cronin; individual chapters, the authors All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Catalogu