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Format
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Book
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Author
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 Schayegh, Cyrus.
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Title
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Who is knowledgeable, is strong : science, class, and the formation of modern Iranian society, 1900-1950 / Cyrus Schayegh.
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Publisher
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Berkeley : Univerity of California Press, c2009.
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Physical Descrip.
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x, 340 p. ; 24 cm.
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Note(s)
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"The Fletcher Jones Foundation humanities imprint"--Prelim. p.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-319) and index.
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Contents
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Introduction -- Science and the formation of the Iranian modern middle class, 1900-1950 -- The historical background -- The cultural and discursive dimensions -- The economic dimensions -- Medicalizing modernity : interactions between the biomedical sciences and modernity in Iran, 1900-1950 -- The dangers of modernity : neurology, psychiatry, and the effects of modern technology and a modern economy -- Biopower : hygiene, eugenics, genetics, and Iran’s double demographic problem -- The self-reliant personality : psychology, pedagogy, and the problem of willpower -- Conclusion.
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Subject(s)
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Science and civilization.
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Subject(s)
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Iran -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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Iran -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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ISBN
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0520254473 (cloth : alk. paper)
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9780520254473 (cloth : alk. paper)
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Owned By
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AC Frost Library
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Owned By
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SC Neilson Library
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UM Du Bois Library
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