Preface
A Note on Transliteration
Introduction
Nikki R. Keddie
I. OVERVIEWS IN TIME
1. Religion, Society, and Revolution in Modern Iran
Nikki R. Keddie
2. Tradition and Change in Iranian Socio-Religious Thought
Mangol Bayat-Philipp
3. The Tranformation of Health Care in Modern Iranian History
Byron J. Good
II. NOMADS AND AGRICULTURALISTS
4. Economic Transformation Among Qashqa'i Nomads, 1962-1978
Lois Beck
5. Tent Scholl of the Qashqa'i: A Paradox of Local Initiative and State Control
Paul Barker
6. Khans and Kings: The Dialectics of Power in Bakhtiyari History
Gene R. Garthwaite
7. Persian Gulf Trade and the Agriculture Economy of Southern Iran in the Nineteenth Century
Roger T. Olson
8. Rural Socioeconomic Organization in Transition: The Case of Iran's Bonehs
Eric J. Hooglund
III. URBAN GROUPS AND CLASSES
9. The Strengths and Weaknesses of the Labor Movement in Iran, 1941-1953
Ervand Abrahamian
10. Shops and Shopkeepers: Dynamics of an Iranian Provincial Bazar
Michael E. Bonine
11. The Changing Status and Composition of an Iranian Provincial Elite
Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good
12. The Shirazi Provincial Elite: Status Maintenance and Change
William R. Royce
IV. ASPECTS OF CULTURE
13. Cinema as a Political Instrument
Hamid Naficy
14. A Full Arena: The Development and Meaning of Popular Performance Traditions in Iran
William O. Beeman
Notes
Contributors
Index