Modernity, change and dictatorship in Iran: the new order and its opponents, 1927-29. From: Middle Eastern Studies | Date: April 1, 2003| Author: Cronin, Stephanie | COPYRIGHT 2003 Frank Cass & Company Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The early Pahlavi period in Iran has conventionally been seen through the prism of its state-building effort. Attention has been focused almost exclusively on the high politics of the Tehran elite and a positive or negative balance sheet drawn up according to assessments of this elite's success in transforming Iran into a modern, politically independent, nation state. (1) This preoccupation with the Tehran regime and its version of modernity has typically been accompanied, as the o...