Rev., updated ed. of: Roots of revolution. 1981. 2nd rev., updated ed. of: Roots of revolution. 1981. Includes maps of: Iran.

Religion and society to 1800 -- Foundations of nineteenth-century Iran -- Continuity and change under the Qajars : 1796-1890 -- Protest and revolution : 1890-1914 -- War and Reza Shah : 1914-1941 -- World War II and Mosaddeq : 1941-1953 -- Royal dictatorship : 1953-1977 -- Modern Iranian political thought -- The revolution -- Politics and economics under Khomeini : 1979-1989 -- Politics and economics in post-Khomeini Iran -- Society, gender, culture, and intellectual life.