Graduation Semester and Year

2006

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in History

Department

History

First Advisor

Dennis Reinhartz

Abstract

Western expansion into Iran during the latter half of the nineteenth century had a significant impact on the country's social, economic, and political development. By the turn of the century, Western ideas of constitutionalism and social democracy had infiltrated Persian society, which set the foundation for modern revolutionary movements to emerge and challenge the traditional social and political order of Persian society. This thesis analyzes the revolutionary movements in Iran during the first two decades of the twentieth century and argues that the failure of these movements can be attributed to internal factionalism in Persian politics and foreign involvement on the political scene in Iran.

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | History

Comments

Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington

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