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Record Nr.

UNINA9910968390603321

Autore

Frye Richard Nelson <1920->

Titolo

Persia / / Richard N. Frye

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2011, c1968

ISBN

1-136-84154-7

1-280-68748-7

1-136-84155-5

9786613664426

0-203-83319-8

Edizione

[Rev. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (129 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Iran ; ; vol. 5

Disciplina

955

Soggetti

Iran History

Iran

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1968 by George Allen and Unwin Limited.

First published under the title Iran in 1960.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

PERSIA; Copyright; Persia; Copyright; Preface; Contents; CHAPTER I Deserts and Mirages; CHAPTER II The Charisma of the King of Kings; CHAPTER III Cultural Syncretism; CHAPTER IV The Flowering of Literature; CHAPTER V Dualism in Faith; CHAPTER VI Half the World is Isfahan; CHAPTER VII The Overdeveloped Occident; CHAPTER VIII The End of an Epoch; CHAPTER IX The New Iran; APPENDIX; I: Selected Figures in the Development of Iran; II: Chronology of Important Events; III: The National Dynasties of Iran; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This volume is a fascinating portrait of a part of the world uneasily balanced between many loyalties - East and West, European and Arabic. The coronation of the Shah in 1967 marked the end of the need for foreign aid, and Iran emerged from her struggles to become the leading nation in the Middle East. Written before the crippling Iran-Iraq war broke out, this book looked forward to Iran's great future, which, in the author's opinion, could only be achieved if she broke with her traditions to form a new material and spiritual synthesis.