Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 415 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
Contents |
Brief historical survey and introduction -- Political career of Mohammad Ali Majd, Fatn ol Saltaneh: from supporter to opponent of the Pahlavis -- Acquisition of land and wealth by Reza Shah -- Background to land distribution: sale and distribution of Pahlavi estates, 1951-1962 -- Founding the agricultural union of Iran, 1959, Land Reform Law of May 1960, and cabinet decrees of 9 January 1962 and 17 January 1963 -- The vagary and perfidy of American policy -- Selected publications and bulletins of the agricultural union of Iran and organizations of small landowners -- Landowners' appeal to the Ulama and the response -- America's role as seen by the opposition: conspiracy and betrayal -- Suppressing the opposition and silencing the agricultural union of Iran -- Theory and practice of land reform: case studies in landownership, taxation, and land distribution -- The structure of landownership on the eve of land distribution: expropriation and plight of the small landowners -- Toward a theory of landownership in Islamic Iran and some consequences of land distribution |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-395) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Majd, Mohammad Ali, 1891-1978.
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SUBJECT |
Majd, Mohammad Ali, 1891-1978 fast |
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Land tenure -- Political aspects -- Iran -- History -- 20th century
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Landowners -- Political activity -- Iran -- History -- 20th century
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Agriculture and state -- Iran -- History -- 20th century
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Ulama -- Political activity -- Iran
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Agriculture and state
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Land tenure -- Political aspects
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Landowners -- Political activity
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Ulama -- Political activity
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Landgebruik.
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Landhervormingen.
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Oelema's.
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SUBJECT |
Iran -- History -- Pahlavi dynasty, 1925-1979.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067905
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Iran
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Iran.
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
0813022975 |
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9780813022970 |
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