Iran's diverse peoples a reference sourcebook

Summary: Examines the origins and histories of the diverse people of Iran across 5,000 years, from the earliest times to modern day.

Record details

ISBN: 9781576079942 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
ISBN: 1576079945 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
Physical Description: electronic
electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (xv, 376 p.) : ill., maps.
Publisher: Santa Barbara, Calif. ; Denver, Colorado : ABC-CLIO, c2005.

General Note:	Description based on print version record.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Land and early history -- Islamic conquest -- The rise of Shi'i Islam -- Modernization and national identity -- Twentieth-century Iran -- Reform and counter-reform -- A new nation in the making -- Tribes and the state -- Great expectations -- Ethnicity versus nationality -- Backlash.