Towards a modern Iran : studies in thought, politics, and society

Persia on a cross of silver, 1880-1890 / P.W. Avery and J.B. Simmons -- The Mazanderan Development Project and Haji Mohammad Hasan / William J. Olson --Sayyid Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani from the perspective of a Russian Muslim / Edward J. Lazzerini -- Mirza Aqa Khan Kirmani / Mangol Bayat-Philipp -- Kasravi / Ervand Abrahamian -- The Iranian heritage in the eyes of the contemporary poet Midhi Akhavan Salis (M. Omid) / Sorour S. Soroudi -- Shi{u2591}ism in contemporary Iranianpolitics / Mangol Bayat-Philipp -- Preachers as substitutes for mass media / Asghar Fathi -- The genesis of the Anglo-Persian Agreement of 1919 / William J. Olson -- The military and politics in Iran / Farhad Kazemi -- The impact of increased oil revenue on Iran's economic development (1973-76) / Hushang Moghtader.