Nikki R. Keddie
Autore di Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolution
Sull'Autore
Nikki R. Keddie is professor emerita of history at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Serie
Opere di Nikki R. Keddie
An Islamic Response to Imperialism: Political and Religious Writings of Sayyid Jamal ad-Din "al-Afghani" (Near Eastern… (1983) 20 copie
Sayyid Jamal Ad-Din "Al-Afghani": A Political Biography (Acls History E-Book Project Reprint Series) (1972) 7 copie
The Iranian Revolution & the Islamic Republic (Contemporary Issues in the Middle East) (1986) 5 copie
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Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1930
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Recensioni
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 23
- Opere correlate
- 2
- Utenti
- 415
- Popolarità
- #58,725
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 51
- Lingue
- 3
The book starts with a condensed summary of Iran's early history, followed by detailed coverage of historical developments through the 19th and 20th centuries, and concluding with the Iranian Revolution and its aftermath. The author pays particular attention to the factors that contributed to the revolution, including not only politics and social forces, but also key intellectual figures and their ideas.
I thought the book provided a very thorough and useful history up to and including the revolution, but the coverage of events after the revolution felt a little less thorough, perhaps because this material was not part of the original work and was added on for a 2003 revised edition. Still, this book is a great resource for learning about the historical roots of the Iranian Revolution and modern Iran.… (altro)