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Iran: A People Interrupted
Contributor(s): Dabashi, Hamid (Author)
ISBN: 1595583335     ISBN-13: 9781595583338
Publisher: New Press
OUR PRICE:   $22.49  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: June 2008
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | World - Middle Eastern
- History | Middle East - Iran
- History | Social History
Dewey: 955.05
Physical Information: 0.87" H x 5.6" W x 8.17" (0.86 lbs) 324 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Middle East
 
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Praised by leading academics in the field as extraordinary, a brilliant analysis, fresh, provocative and iconoclastic, Iran: A People Interrupted has distinguished itself as a major work that has single-handedly effected a revolution in the field of Iranian studies.

In this provocative and unprecedented book, available for the first time in an affordable paperback edition, Hamid Dabashi--the internationally renowned cultural critic and scholar of Iranian history and Islamic culture--traces the story of Iran over the past two centuries with unparalleled analysis of the key events, cultural trends, and political developments leading up to the collapse of the reform movement and the emergence of the new and combative presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Written in the author's characteristically lively and combative prose, Iran combines delightful vignettes (Publishers Weekly) from Dabashi's Iranian childhood and sharp, insightful readings of its contemporary history. In an era of escalating tensions in the Middle East, his defiant moral voice and eloquent account of a national struggle for freedom and democracy against the overwhelming backdrop of U.S. military hegemony fills a crucial gap in our understanding of this country.