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Soldiers, Shahs and Subalterns in Iran : Opposition, Protest and Revolt, 1921-1941 /

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 t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cronin, Stephanie (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Subjects:
History.
Cultural History.
History of Military.
History of the Middle East.
Middle Eastern Politics.
Modern History.
Political History.
Civilization > History.
History, Modern.
Military history.
World politics.
Middle East > History.
Middle East > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (VIII, 332 pages)
ISBN:9780230309036
DOI:10.1057/9780230309036