Making History in Iran – Education, Nationalism, and Print Culture Vejdani

Making History in IranEducation, Nationalism, and Print Culture\nAuthor(s): Farzin Vejdani\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Stanford University Press, United States\nImprint: Stanford University Press\nISBN-13: 9780804791533, 978-0804791533\nSynopsis\nIranian history was long told through a variety of stories and legend, tribal lore and genealogies, and tales of the prophets. But in the late nineteenth century, new institutions emerged to produce and circulate a coherent history that fundamentally reshaped these fragmented narratives and dynastic storylines. Farzin Vejdani investigates this transformation to show how cultural institutions and a growing public-sphere affected history-writing, and how in turn this writing defined Iranian nationalism. Interactions between the state and a cross-section of Iranian societyscholars, schoolteachers, students, intellectuals, feminists, and poetswere crucial in shaping a new understanding of nation and history.\n\n This enlightening book draws on.