How did Iran's unique position in the world affect and define its treatment of decolonization? During the final decades of Pahlavi rule in the late 1970s, the country sought to establish close relationships with newly independent counterparts in the Global South. Most scholarly work focused on this period is centered around the Cold War and Iran's relations with the United States, Russia, and Europe. Little attention has been paid to how the country interacted with other regions, such as Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Adding to an important and growing body of literature that discusses the profound and lasting impact of decolonization, Iran and Global Decolonisation contributes to the theoretical debates around the re-shaping of the world brought about by the end of an empire. It considers not only the impact of global decolonization on movements and ideas within Iran but how Iran's own experiences of imperialism shaped how these ideas were received and developed.

About the Author
Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet is professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania. Robert Steele is a postdoctoral fellow at the Austrian Academy of Sciences.


Book Information
ISBN 9781914983085
Author Robert Steele
Format Hardback
Page Count 360
Imprint Gingko Library
Publisher GINGKO