Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Abbreviations ix
5. A Note on Transliteration xi
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. On the Periphery of Nineteenth-Century Iran 16
8. 2. The City of Isfahan and Its Hinterland 53
9. 3. A Road through the Mountains 75
10. 4. In the Fields of Oil 112
11. 5. The Bakhtiyari Tribes in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution 159
12. Conclusion 192
13. Notes 201
14. Glossary 257
15. Bibliography 261
16. Index 281