the Pahlavi state, new bourgeoisie and the creation of a modern society in Iran
edited by Bianca Devos and Christoph Werner
Abingdon, Oxon
Routledge ; New York,
2014
xii, 328 pages : illustrations, kort
Iranian studies, 18
Part I. Intellectuals and Technocrats : Key Figures in Iran's Cultural Modernization: 1. Modernization in Literary History : Malek al-Sho'ara Bahar's Stylistics / Rozxanne Haag-Higuchi -- 2. Policy or Puzzle? The Foundation of the University of Tehran between Ideal Conception and Pragmatic Realization / Christl Catanzaro -- 3. Mir Mehdi Varzandeh and the Introduction of Modern Physical Education in Iran / H.E. Chehabi -- 4. Modernization of Iranian Music During the Reign of Reza Shah / Keivan Aghamohseni -- 5. The King's White Walls : Modernism and Bourgeois Architecture / Talinn Grigor. -- Part II. The Shah : State Politics and Authoritarian Modernization: 6. Archaeology and the Iranian National Museum : Qajar and Early Pahlavi Cultural Policies / Nader Nasiri-Moghaddam -- 7. Depicting Power : Reza Shah's Rule, Cabinet Politics and the Commemorative Stamp Set of 1935 / Roman Siebertz -- 8. Press Censorship in the Reza Shah era, 1925-1941 / Karim Soleimani Part III. Life Under Reza Shah : New Bourgeois Culture and other Forms of Practiced Modernity: 9. Drama and Operetta at the