Author: CHAQUERI, COSROE
Title: Origins of Social Democracy in Modern Iran / Cosroe Chaqueri
Description: Seattle : University of Washington Press 2001. First Edition. This book reconstructs and analyzes the history of left-wing politics in Iran and its Russo-Caucasian origins during the Persian Constitutional Revolution. It is also a history of the formative years of the socialist movement in Iran between the first Russian revolution of 1905. when Iran first felt the organizational influence of Russian Marxism. and the suppression of the Iranian Constitutional regime by Tsarist bayonets in the shadow of British support in 1911. The first study to unravel and reconstruct the decisive role of social democracy in Iran's most important transformation in modern times. this book recovers a vital part of Iran's modern history. Based on research in Iranian. Azeri. Armenian. Georgian. Russian. British. German. French. and American sources. it explains the deep roots and consequences of Iran's Constitutional Revolution and its international character. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 352 pages; Description: 352 p. : ill.facsims.maps. ports. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 328-343) and index. Subjects: Socialism --Iran --History --Politics and government --Economic conditions --Social conditions --Colonial influence.ISBN: 0295980850. Weight in Kg appr.:

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