Iran: a modern history

Part I. A Shi'i empire

Shi'ism and the Safavid Revolution (1501-1588)

The age of 'Abbas I and the shaping of the Safavid Empire (1588-1666)

The demise of the Safavid Order and the Unhappy Interregnums (1666-1797)

Part II. Reshaping of the guarded domains

The making of the Qajar Era (1797-1852)

Naser al-Din Shah and maintaining a fragile balance (1848-1896)

The constitutional revolution: road to a plural modernity (1905-1911)

Part III. A nation recast

The Great War and the rise of Reza Khan (1914-1925)

Reza Shah and the Pahlavi Order (1925-1941)

Chaotic democracy, oil nationalization, and denied hopes (1941-1953)

The White Revolution and its opponents (1953-1963)

Development, disarray, and discontent (1963-1977)

Cultures of authority and cultures of dissent

Part IV. A contested revolution and the rise of the Islamic Republic

The making of the Islamic Revolution (1977-1979)

The guardian jurist and his advocates

Consolidation of the Islamic Republic (1979-1984)

Facing the foe: the hostage crisis, the Iraq-Iran War, and the aftermath (1979-1989)

Society and culture under the Islamic Republic.