Persia in crisis : (Record no. 15843)
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| fixed length control field | 02442nam a2200265 a 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | ASIN184511745X |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20170105102926.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 131212s2011 xxu eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 184511745X (hardcover) |
| Terms of availability | $58.00 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781845117450 (hardcover) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | 0 |
| 050 04 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | DS292 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 955.03 |
| Author Mark | MAT 2012 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Matthee, Rudi. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Persia in crisis : |
| Remainder of title | safavid decline and the fall of isfahan / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Rudi Matthee. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | [S.l.] : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | I. B. Tauris, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 336 p. ; |
| Dimensions | 25 cm. |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | International library of iranian studies. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | The decline and fall of Safavid Iran is traditionally seen as the natural outcome of the unrelieved political stagnation and moral degeneration which characterized late Safavid Iran. Persia in Crisis challenges this view. In this ground-breaking new book, Rudi Matthee revisits traditional sources and introduces new ones to take a fresh look at Safavid Iran in the century preceding the fall of Isfahan in 1722, which brought down the dynasty and ushered in a long period of turbulence in Iranian history. Inherently vulnerable because of the country's physical environment, its tribal makeup, and a small economic base, the Safavid state was fatally weakened over the course of the seventeenth century. Matthee views Safavid Iran as a network of precarious alliances subject to perpetual negotiation and the society they ruled as an uneasy balance between conflicting forces. In the later seventeenth century, this delicate balance shifted from cohesion to fragmentation. An increasingly detached, palace-bound shah; a weakening link between the capital and the outlying provinces; the regime's neglect of the military; and its short-sighted monetary policies combined to exacerbate rather than redress existing problems, leaving the country with a ruler too feeble to hold factionalism and corruption in check and a military unable to defend its borders against outside attack by Ottomans and Afghans. The scene was set for the Crisis of 1722. This book makes a major contribution to our understanding of Iranian history and the period that led to two hundred years of decline and eclipse for Iran. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Iran |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Ṣafavid Dynasty (Iran) |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | International library of iranian studies. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Amazon.com |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/184511745X/chopaconline-20">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/184511745X/chopaconline-20</a> |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | |
| Koha item type | Book |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Permanent Location | Current Location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS) | Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS) | General Stacks | 10/02/2013 | 955.03 MAT 2012 | CIPS0002327 | 12/12/2013 | 12/12/2013 | Book |