Full name: Iran: A Modern History

Author: Abbas Amanat Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History Culture: Iran Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780300112542 0300112548

This history of modern Iran is not a survey in the conventional sense, but an ambitious exploration of the nation that offers a revealing look at how events, people, and institutions are shaped by trends and currents that sometimes reach back hundreds of years. Abbas Amanat covers the dynasties, revolutions, civil wars, foreign occupation, and new Islamic regime of this complex period in history. Amanat combines chronological and thematic approaches, exploring events with lasting implications for modern Iran and the world. Drawing on the latest historical scholarship and emphasizing the twentieth century in its coverage, the book addresses debates about Iran's culture and politics. Political history is the driving focus of this narrative based on decades of research and study, which is layered with discussions of literature, music, and the arts; ideology and religion; economy and society; and cultural identity and heritage. Similar books: Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire by Parvaneh Pourshariati The Persians by Maria Brosius A History of Modern Iran by Ervand Abrahamian A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. Tuchman The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan Rubicon by Tom Holland All Hell Let Loose by Max Hastings 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof by J. A. Rogers Dreamers and Deceivers by Glenn Beck Twenty Million Tons Under the Sea by Daniel V. Gallery History by Adam Hart-Davis Astoria by Peter Stark Nature's Metropolis by William Cronon The Gold Hunters by J. D. Borthwick The Search for Modern China by Jonathan D. Spence The Waning of the Middle Ages by Johan Huizinga Inside the Victorian Home by Judith Flanders Congo by David Van Reybrouck The Structures of Everyday Life by Fernand Braudel Troublemakers by Leslie Berlin