Books by Houchang Chehabi
Unconquered States, 2024
Science (LSE). " This is an ingenious collection, a book on international history in the nineteen... more Science (LSE). " This is an ingenious collection, a book on international history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that really does, for once, 'fill a gap.' By countering our simple assumption that the West's imperial and colonial drives swallowed up all of Africa and Asia in the post-1850 period, Chehabi and Motadel's fine collection of case studies of nations that managed to stay free-from Abyssinia to Siam, Japan to Persia-gives us a more rounded and complex view of the international Great-Power scene in those decades. This is really fine revisionist history." PAUL KENNEDY, Yale University " This is an excellent collection of scholars writing on an important set of states, which deserve to be considered together." KENNETH POMERANZ, University of Chicago " Carefully curated and with an excellent introduction that provides an analytical frame, this book offers a global history of 'unconquered' countries in the imperial age that is original in its perspective and composition.
Iranian Politics and Religious Modernism, 1990
read all of it. Their comments were most helpful. Customary academic acknowledgments do not adequ... more read all of it. Their comments were most helpful. Customary academic acknowledgments do not adequately capture the extent of my intellectual and personal indebtedness to Juan Linz. From the very beginning of my graduate studies he was teacher, adviser, guide, critic, and mentor. To Juan and Rocio Linz goes my deep gratitude for all they have given me. .
Culture Wars and Dual Society in Iran, 2018
The collected articles of Sorour S. Soroudi.
Ten articles, ranging from parallels in the ancient mythologies of both peoples to literary enoun... more Ten articles, ranging from parallels in the ancient mythologies of both peoples to literary enounters in the nineteenth century.
Twelve articles on the relations and encounters between the people of Lebanon and the people of Iran
Volume 2 of a festschrift for Juan J. Linz, co-edited with Alfred Stepan.
This book contains 85 articles on Juan J. Linz (d. 2013) by his students, friends, and colleagues... more This book contains 85 articles on Juan J. Linz (d. 2013) by his students, friends, and colleagues. They range from personal reminiscences to scholarly engagements with Linz's oeuvre. In addition, the book contains 20 pages of photographs, a complete bibliography of Linz's works, six of his syllabuses, and an index.
Papers by Houchang Chehabi
H.E. Chehabi, ed., Political, Social and Cultural History of Modern Iran , 2025
An essay about Mohammad Mosaddeq's early writings and activities regarding the extraterritorial r... more An essay about Mohammad Mosaddeq's early writings and activities regarding the extraterritorial rights of European powers in Iran.
Iran and Persianate Culture in the Indian Ocean World , 2025
The Global Bourgeoisie, 2019
It is argued that Amir Abbas Hoveyda, Iran's francophile prime minister for twelve years, pattern... more It is argued that Amir Abbas Hoveyda, Iran's francophile prime minister for twelve years, patterned his persona on the classic nineteenth-century European dandy, as theorized by Barbey d'Aurevilly and Baudelaire.
This is a short intellectual autobiography of myself, focusing on my relationship with my doctora... more This is a short intellectual autobiography of myself, focusing on my relationship with my doctoral advisor and mentor, Juan J. Linz.
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Books by Houchang Chehabi
Papers by Houchang Chehabi