{"product_id":"tribes-empire-on-the-margins-of-nineteenthcentury-iran-9780295989952","title":"Tribes  Empire on the Margins of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTraces the history of the Bakhtiyari tribal confederacy of the Zagros Mountains through momentous times that saw the opening of their lands to the outside world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Arash Khazeni accomplishes what many promise but few do: he writes peoples of the margins into history. . . . This lucidly written, nuanced monograph . . . will be a valuable resource in advanced undergraduate and graduate classrooms.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Samri Ates * American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In taking the view from below, as it were, from the level of Bakhtiyari people and their leaders, Dr. Khazeni introduces here an entirely new historical perspective on the much romanticized Zagros peoples; incorporating ethnographic data and attending to environmental conditions he broadens the historical perspective to its fullest and allows an appreciation of the circumstances of life that transcends other historical accounts of conditions of the Zagros tribes; and in his extensive and thorough use of documents and illustrations of all kinds that pertain to Bakhtiyari history, his treatment of sources as a historian is flawless. Altogether, this exemplary book fully fits the scope and spirit of the Pourshariati Award.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Middle East Studies Association *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e A Note on Transliteration\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1 On the Periphery of Nineteenth-Century Iran\u003cbr\u003e 2 The City of Isfahan and Its Hinterland\u003cbr\u003e 3 A Road through the Mountains\u003cbr\u003e 4 In the Fields of Oil \u003cbr\u003e 5 The Bakhtiyari Tribes in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400918376791,"sku":"9780295989952","price":29.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780295989952.jpg?v=1730471946","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tribes-empire-on-the-margins-of-nineteenthcentury-iran-9780295989952","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}