Iran : a modern history
Abbas Amanat (Author), Derek Perkins (Narrator)
This history of modern Iran is not a survey in the conventional sense, but an 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. It 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 politic and he layers the book with discussions of literature, music and the arts, ideology and religion, economy and society and cultural identity and heritage
Audiobook on CD, English, 2018
Unabridged
Tantor Audio, [Old Saybrook, Conn.], 2018