Introduction / Stephanie Cronin -- ; PART I. THE NEW STATE -- Riza Shah's political legitimacy and social base, 1921-1941 / Homa Katouzian -- Riza Sha and the paradoxes of military modernization in Iran, 1921-1941 / Stephanie Cronin -- Mudarris, republicanism and the rise to power of Riza Khan, Sardar-i Sipah / Vanessa Martin -- ; PART II. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS -- Riza Shah's abrogation of capitulations, 1927-1928 / Michael Zirinsky -- Performing the nation: the Shah's official state visit to Kemalist Turkey, June to July 1934 / Afshin Marashi -- ; PART III. CULTURE AND IDEOLOGY -- Transforming dangerous nomads into useful artisans, technicians, agriculturalists: education in the Reza Shah period / Rudi Matthee -- Triumphs and travails of authoritarian modernization in Iran / Mehrzad Boroujerdi -- ; PART IV. WOMEN -- Expanding agendas for the 'new' Iranian woman: family law, work, and unveiling / Jasamin Mahdavi -- Banning of the veil and its consequences / H.E. Chehabi -- ; PART V. THE TRIBES -- Riza Shah and the tribes: an overview / Kaveh Bayat -- Case of the Shahsevan / Richard Tapper -- Riza Shah and the disintegration of Bakhtiyari power in Iran, 1921-1934 / Stephanie Cronin |