Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; A Contradictory Route to Industrial Society; One ; Historical Legacies; Two ; Autocracy in Russia and Iran; Three ; Dimensions of Modernization; Four ; Dilemmas of Autocratic Modernization; Five; The Cities in Revolution; Six; Autocracy, Landlords, and Peasants; Seven ; Cultures of Rebellion; Conclusion ; Structural Crisis and Revolutionary Dynamics; Select Bibliography; Index
Summary
What did the Russian revolution of 1917 and the Iranian revolution of 1978-1979 share besides their drama? How can we compare a revolution led by Lenin with one inspired by Khomeini? How is a revolution based primarily on the urban working class similar to one founded to a significant degree on traditional groups like the bazaaris, small craftsmen, and religious students and preachers? Identifying a distinctive route to modernity--autocratic modernization--Tim McDaniel explores the dilemmas inherent in the efforts of autocratic monarchies in Russia and Iran to transform their countries into
