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A masterfully researched and compelling history of Iran from 1501 to 2009 This history of modern Iran is not a survey in the conventional sense but an ambitious exploration of the story of a nation. It offers a revealing look at how events, people, and institutions are shaped by currents that sometimes reach back hundreds of years. The book covers the complex history of the diverse societies and economies of Iran against the background of dynastic changes, revolutions, civil wars, foreign occupation, and the rise of the Islamic Republic. Abbas Amanat combines chronological and thematic approaches, exploring events with lasting implications for modern Iran and the world. Drawing on diverse historical scholarship and emphasizing the twentieth century, he addresses debates about Iran's culture and politics. Political history is the driving narrative force, given impetus by Amanat's decades of research and study. He layers the book with discussions of literature, music, and the arts; ideology and religion; economy and society; and cultural identity and heritage.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction to the Transaction Edition -- Introduction -- PART I: THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND INDIA -- Chapter 1. The Ancient Near East in International Relations -- A. The Significance of Near Eastern History for the Concept of International History -- B. The Near Eastern States -- a. Mesopotamia -- b. Egypt -- C. International Relations in the Near East in the Second Millennium B.C. -- a. The Political System of States -- b. Communications between States -- (1) The Development of an International Language and its Unifying Effects -- (2) The Impact of Trade on the Near Eastern States System -- (3) Summary -- D. The Pattern of Empire in the Ancient Near East in the First Millennium B.C. -- a. Assyria and Chaldea -- b. Persia -- (1) The Foundations of the Persian World State -- (2) Principle and Expediency in Persia's Imperial Policy -- (3) The Administration of the Persian State -- (4) Persia's Relations with Other States and International Societies -- Chapter 2. The Place of Greece in International History: An Introduction to International Relations between "East" and "West" -- A. The World Community and the Study of Greek History -- B. The Greek City-States -- a. The Historical Setting -- b. Greek Approaches to International Relations -- c. Hellenic Unity -- (1) Retention of the City-State as an Independent Unit -- (2) Panhellenism-Voluntary and Enforced -- Chapter 3. The Empire of Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic System -- A. Alexander the Great and the Outline of a World State -- a. The Scope of the Empire -- b. The Administrative Design of the Empire -- c. The Vision of Unity -- B. The Hellenistic System of States -- a. Multiple Sovereignties -- b. The Individual and the Hellenistic Community -- c. Hellenistic Cosmopolitanism in Law and Government

In this book, Jill Hedges analyses the modern history of Argentina from the adoption of the 1853 constitution until the present day, exploring political, economic ,and social aspects of Argentina?s recent past in a study which will be invaluable for anyone interested in South American history and politics