Fragile Resistance Social Transformation In Iran From 1500 To The Revolution

Introduction -- A Framework for the Study of Social Change in Iran -- Social Structure and Social Change in Pre-Capitalist Iran, 1500–1800 -- The Iranian Social Formation, circa 1630 -- Social Change in Iran from 1500 to 1800 -- Conclusion to Part One The Significance of the Safavid Period and the Eighteenth Century -- Social Structure and Social Change in Qajar Iran, 1800–1925 -- Crossing the Threshold of Dependence: The Iranian Social Formation from 1800 to 1914 -- Reform, Rebellion, Revolution, Coup: Social Movements in Qajar Iran -- Conclusion to Part Two The Theoretical Significance of the Qajar Period -- Social Structure and Social Change in Pahlavi Iran and After, 1925–1991 -- State, Society, and Economy in the Reza Shah Period, 1925–1941: The Compression of Social Forces -- Democratization, Separatism, Nationalization, Coup: Social Movements from 1941 to 1953 -- The New Situation of Dependency: Dependent Capitalist Development under Muhammad Reza Pahlavi, 1953–1977 -- The Making of the Iranian Revolution and After, 1977–1991 -- Conclusions The History of Social Change in Iran: A Theoretical Reprise