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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1: Overview 
Chapter 2: Methodological Framework
  • Introduction
  • Historical Development of Capitalism
  • The Conceptualisation of the Notion of Economic Development
  • Some Critical Observations
  • Concluding Remarks
Chapter 3: The Historical foundations of Persian Society 
  • Introduction
  • The Traditional System of Production
Chapter 4: European Penetration of Persia: The Historical Context
  • Introduction
  • The Nineteenth Century: Historical Overview
  • The Qajar Court
  • The Nineteenth Century: Foreign Economic Penetration
Chapter 5: Economics of Decline in the Nineteenth Century
  • Introduction
  • Finance, Currency, Banking, Foreign Investment
  • Foreign Trade
  • Infrastructure: Transportation
  • The Composition of Foreign Trade
  • Taxation, Inflation and Sources of State Revenue
  • National Product, Income and State Revenue
  • The Oil Factor
Chapter 6: The Anti-Despotic Revolution
  • Introduction
  • From Protest to Revolution
  • The Genesis of Persian Underdevelopment:
  • Some Observations and Conclusions
Chapter 7: Post-Revolution Persia; The Deepening Crisis
  • Introduction
  • The Impact of the Russian Revolution
  • The Prelude to the Coup d'etat of 1921
Chapter 8: The Coup d'Etat of 1921
  • Years of the Interregnum (1921-1926)
  • The Dynamics of Socio-Economic Transformation
  • Some Concluding Remarks
  • From 'Reza Khan' to 'Reza Shah'.
Chapter 9: The Reign of Reza Shah: 1926-1941
  • Introduction
  • The Rise of Modernity
  • The Ruling Elite: An Overview
  • Reform and Modernisation Under Reza Shah
  • The Economy
  • State Expenditure and Structure of the Economy
  • Participants in Domestic Economic Development
  • The Reign of Reza Shah: Some Concluding Remarks
Chapter 10: World War Two and Beyond
  • The Allied Invasion And Its Aftermath
  • The Political Parties
  • The Second Millspaugh Mission:
  • The Transition to United States Dominance
  • The Institutionalisation of 'Modernism'
  • The Nationalisation of Iranian Oil
Chapter 11: The Coup d'etat of 1953 and its Aftermath
  • Historical Background
  • The Coup d'etat and its Aftermath
  • The Internal Actors:The political Balance of Power
  • The Tudeh Party and the popular Front
  • Post Coup d'etat Iran
Chapter 12: Evolution of the Despotic-Modernist State
  • Historical Background: Introduction
  • Post Coup d'etat Iran:
  • 'Stabilisation and Modernisation' Revisited
  • The Consolidation of Absolutism: The Demise of the Amini Government
  • The Traditionalist Backlash
  • The Economy
  • The Revival of Plan Organisation
  • The Broader Political-Economy: Land Reform and Industrialisation
  • Land Reform: Some Concluding Remarks
  • Industrial Development and Social Stratification: An Overview
  • The Demography of Modernisation
Conclusion
MAPs
Map 1: Approximate Frontiers of the Iranian State in the 18th and 19th Centuries.
Map 2: Territorial Losses During the 18th Century
Map 3: Anglo-Russian Spheres on Influence
Map 4: AIOC Concessionary Areas in Iran
Appendices
Appendix A: The Rise of Monopoly Capitalism and Colonial Expansion
Appendix B: The Decline of the Old Colonial Order
Appendix C: The Impact of the Third Industrial Revolution on the Colonial-Imperial Productivity Levels
Appendix D :On the Concept of Mode of Production
Appendix E: Genealogy of Qajar Shahs
Appendix F: Clandestine Service History: Overthrow of Premier Mossadeq of Iran
Appendix G: US military Involvement in Iran
Bibliography