{"product_id":"making-history-in-iran-education-nationalism-and-print-culture-9780804791533","title":"Making History in Iran: Education, Nationalism, and Print Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003eIranian history was long told through a variety of stories and legend, tribal lore and genealogies, and tales of the prophets. But in the late nineteenth century, new institutions emerged to produce and circulate a coherent history that fundamentally reshaped these fragmented narratives and dynastic storylines. Farzin Vejdani investigates this transformation to show how cultural institutions and a growing public-sphere affected history-writing, and how in turn this writing defined Iranian nationalism. Interactions between the state and a cross-section of Iranian society--scholars, schoolteachers, students, intellectuals, feminists, and poets--were crucial in shaping a new understanding of nation and history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis enlightening book draws on previously unexamined primary sources--including histories, school curricula, pedagogical materials, periodicals, and memoirs--to demonstrate how the social locations of historians writ broadly influenced their interpretations of the past. The relative autonomy of these historians had a direct bearing on whether history upheld the status quo or became an instrument for radical change, and the writing of history became central to debates on social and political reform, the role of women in society, and the criteria for citizenship and nationality. Ultimately, this book traces how contending visions of Iranian history were increasingly unified as a centralized Iranian state emerged in the early twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Farzin Vejdani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.38w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804791533\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFarzin Vejdani is Assistant Professor of History at Ryerson University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40146709938291,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_2cb0dcd3-f62c-4c6c-bae8-1c3c05944eb9.jpg?v=1654695878","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/making-history-in-iran-education-nationalism-and-print-culture-9780804791533","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}