Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. PREFACE xiii
4. INTRODUCTION to the 2003 Paperback Edition xv
5. A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION xxiii
6. ABBREVIATIONS xxiv
7. Introduction 1
8. PART ONE.The Formative Years
9. CHAPTER ONE.The Making of Iraqi Shi'i Society 13
10. CHAPTER TWO.Years of Upheaval 49
11. PART TWO.The State and the Shi'is
12. CHAPTER THREE.Exercising Social Control 75
13. CHAPTER FOUR.The Search for Political Representation 109
14. PART THREE. The Transformation of Rituals and Religious Practices
15. CHAPTER FIVE.The Commemoration of 'Ashura
16. CHAPTER SIX.Pilgrimage to the Shrine Cities and the Cult of the Saints 163
17. CHAPTER SEVEN.The Corpse Traffic 184
18. PART FOUR: The Decline of Financial and Intellectual Institutions
19. CHAPTER EIGHT.Shi'i Money and the Shrine Cities 205
20. CHAPTER NINE.The Shi'i Madrasa in Iraq 238
21. Conclusion 269
22. EPILOGUE.The Gulf War and its Aftermath 273
23. Appendix 1.The Constitution of the Buraq Quarter of Najaf 283
24. Appendix 2.Important Shi'i Shrines, Tombs, and Holy Sites in Iraq 285
25. Appendix 3.Shi'i Holy Burial Sites 287
26. BIBLIOGRAPHY 289
27. INDEX 303