Iran in the 20th century : historiography and political culture / edited by Touraj Atabaki. - London ; New York : I.B. Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation, 2009. - xiii, 336 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - International library of Iranian studies ; 20 . - International library of Iranian studies ; 20. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Historiography of twentieth century Iran : memory, amnesia and invention / Historiography and crafting Iranian national identity / Memory and amnesia in the historiography of the Constitutional Revolution / Disintegrating the "discourse of disintegration' : some reflections on the historiography of the late Qajar period and Iranian Cultural memory / Agency and subjectivity in Iranian national historiography / Touraj Atabaki -- Nation's poet : Ferdowsi and the Iranian national imagination / Pahlavi school of historiography on the Pahlavi era / Architectural historiography 1921-42 / Paranoid style in Iranian historiography / Women, gender, and sexuality in historiography of modern Iran / Marxism, historiography and historical consciousness in modern Iran : a preliminary study / Islamist historiography in post-revolutionary Iran / Touraj Atabaki -- Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi -- Abbas Amanat -- Oliver Bast -- Afshin Marashi -- Kaveh Bayat -- Kamran Safamanesh -- Houchang E. Chehabi -- Mana Kia, Afsaneh Najmabadi, and Sima Shakhsari -- Afshin Matin-asgari -- Kamran Scot Aghaie.

9781845119621 (hbk.) 1845119622 (hbk.)

2009517429


Iran--History--Historiography.--20th century
Iran--History--20th century.
Iran--Politics and government--20th century.

DS271.5 / .I73 2009

955.05