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LEADER: 01743cam a2200301 a 4500
001 2008025294
003 DLC
005 20090831145650.0
008 080605s2009 cau b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2008025294
020 $a9780520254473 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0520254473 (cloth : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn231745631
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBTCTA$dYDXCP$dC#P$dCDX$dBWX$dOCLCQ$dDLC
043 $aa-ir---
050 00 $aDS266$b.S375 2009
082 00 $a955.05$222
100 1 $aSchayegh, Cyrus.
245 10 $aWho is knowledgeable, is strong :$bscience, class, and the formation of modern Iranian society, 1900-1950 /$cCyrus Schayegh.
260 $aBerkeley :$bUniverity of California Press,$cc2009.
300 $ax, 340 p. ;$c24 cm.
500 $a"The Fletcher Jones Foundation humanities imprint"--Prelim. p.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 295-319) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- 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.
651 0 $aIran$xIntellectual life$y20th century.
651 0 $aIran$xSocial conditions$y20th century.
650 0 $aScience and civilization.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0820/2008025294.html