Ethnicity, Identity, and the Development of Nationalism in Iran

460 Pages·2014·7.22 MB·English

by  David Yaghoubian

Ethnicity, Identity, and the
Development of Nationalism in Iran
Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East
Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Series Editor
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Ethnicity, Identity,
and the Development
of Nationalism in Iran
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Yaghoubian, David N. (David Nejde), 1967–
Ethnicity, identity, and the development of nationalism in Iran / David N. Yaghoubian.
— First edition.
pages cm. — (Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle East)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8156-3359-4 (cloth : alkaline paper) — ISBN 978-0-8156-5272-4 (e-book)
1. Armenians—Iran—Social conditions—20th century. 2. Armenians—Iran—Ethnic
identity. 3. Armenians—Iran—Biography. 4. Armenians—Iran—Politics and
government—20th century. 5. Nationalism—Iran—History—20th century. 6. Iran—
Politics and government—1941–1979. 7. Iran—Ethnic relations—History—20th century.
8. Iran—History—20th century—Biography. I. Title.
DS269.A75Y24 2014
305.800955—dc23 2014011756
Manufactured in the United States of America
For Terry
David N. Yaghoubian is associate professor of history at California State Uni-
versity, San Bernardino. He is coeditor, with Edmund Burke III, of Struggle and
Survival in the Modern Middle East, second edition (2006).
Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xxi
Introduction xxiii
1. Nationalism, Theory, and Social Biography 1
PART I. Experiences with Iranian Nationalism
2. Iskandar Khan Setkhanian 47
3. Hagob Hagobian 89
4. Sevak Saginian 123
5. Lucik Moradiance 169
6. Nejde Hagobian 209
PART II. Experience and Theory
7. Learning from Theory and Social Biography 263
Conclusion 281
Notes 301
Bibliography 379
Index 395