State histories the politics of teaching the past in Iran Alkhansa, Yasamin creator author. text bibliography sz 2026 monographic eng print xxv, 220 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm. "This book comes at a time when historical revisionism is on the rise. Contributing to the growing recognition of the uses and misuses of history in authoritarian contexts, this work offers unique insights into the complexities of such attempts in Iran under the Pahlavi and Islamic Republic. It historicises official narratives of the past as constructed in schoolbooks and traces their change since the 1920s. It conceptualises history textbooks as the state's autobiography, implicated in the struggles for legitimacy and central to the production of political myths." -- Yasamin Alkhansa. Includes bibliographical references and index. a-ir--- History Study and teaching Iran Iran Politics and government 1925-1979 Iran Politics and government 1979-1997 Iran Politics and government 1997- Iran Politique et gouvernement 1979-1997 Iran Politique et gouvernement 1997- History Study and teaching Iran 1925-1979 fast 1979-1997 fast D16.4.I7 A55 2026 907.1055 Studies in Iranian politics 9783032086402 303208640X 9783032086419 POD UKMGB 251015 20260801173527.4 in00005789666 eng