TY - BOOK AU - McDaniel,Tim TI - Autocracy, Modernization, and Revolution in Russia and Iran T2 - Princeton Legacy Library SN - 9781400861620 AV - DK265 .A986 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press KW - Electronic Books N1 - Description based upon print version of record; 2; 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; 2; b N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=790765&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -