Resistance to the Shah : landowners and ulama in Iran / Mohammad Gholi Majd.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [373]-395) and index.

Brief historical survey and introduction -- Political career of MohammadAli 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 -- Selectedpublications 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