Autocracy, Modernization, and Revolution in Russia and Iran

By:

McDaniel, Tim [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781400861620

Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

DK265 .A986 2014

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Subject: What did the Russian revolution of 1917 and the Iranian revolution of 1978-1979 share besides their drama? How can we compare a revolution led by Lenin with one inspired by Khomeini? How is a revolution based primarily on the urban working class similar to one founded to a significant degree on traditional groups like the bazaaris, small craftsmen, and religious students and preachers? Identifying a distinctive route to modernity--autocratic modernization--Tim McDaniel explores the dilemmas inherent in the efforts of autocratic monarchies in Russia and Iran to transform their countries into.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	DK265 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn884012560

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; A Contradictory Route to Industrial Society; One ; Historical Legacies; Two ; Autocracy in Russia and Iran; Three ; Dimensions of Modernization; Four ; Dilemmas of Autocratic Modernization; Five; The Cities in Revolution; Six; Autocracy, Landlords, and Peasants; Seven ; Cultures of Rebellion; Conclusion ; Structural Crisis and Revolutionary Dynamics; Select Bibliography; Index

What did the Russian revolution of 1917 and the Iranian revolution of 1978-1979 share besides their drama? How can we compare a revolution led by Lenin with one inspired by Khomeini? How is a revolution based primarily on the urban working class similar to one founded to a significant degree on traditional groups like the bazaaris, small craftsmen, and religious students and preachers? Identifying a distinctive route to modernity--autocratic modernization--Tim McDaniel explores the dilemmas inherent in the efforts of autocratic monarchies in Russia and Iran to transform their countries into.

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