Nikki R. Keddie
Autor(a) de Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolution
About the Author
Nikki R. Keddie is professor emerita of history at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Séries
Obras por Nikki R. Keddie
Roots of Revolution: An Interpretive History of Modern Iran (Yale Fastback Series) (1981) 60 exemplares
An Islamic Response to Imperialism: Political and Religious Writings of Sayyid Jamal ad-Din "al-Afghani" (Near Eastern… (1983) 20 exemplares
Sayyid Jamal Ad-Din "Al-Afghani": A Political Biography (Acls History E-Book Project Reprint Series) (1972) 7 exemplares
The Iranian Revolution & the Islamic Republic (Contemporary Issues in the Middle East) (1986) 5 exemplares
Associated Works
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1930
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Locais de residência
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 23
- Also by
- 2
- Membros
- 415
- Popularidade
- #58,725
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Críticas
- 1
- ISBN
- 51
- Línguas
- 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.… (mais)