Making History in Iran: Education, Nationalism, and Print Culture

Synopsis

This Title Provides A Novel Perspective On The Relationship Between Institutions, The Position Of Individual Historians In Relation To The State, And The Contours Of Specific Interpretations Of The Past In Late Nineteenth- And Early Twentieth-century Iran. It Advances Debates About Iranian Nationalist Historiography Beyond A Consideration Of A Few 'great Men' By Discussing The Complex Sets Of Interactions Among A Wide Cross Section Of Iranian Society - Scholars, Schoolteachers, Students, Intellectuals, Feminists, Government, And Poets - Who Were Crucial In Defining Iranian Nationalism. Patronage, Translation, And The Printing Of History -- Schools, Citizenship, And Revolution -- The State, Education, And The Standardization Of History -- The Women's Movement, The Press, And Exemplary Biographies -- Writing The Local Into The National -- A Nation Of Poets. Farzin Vejdani. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.