Dr willem floor (92 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. This study illuminates the 2,500 year social history of sexual relations in Iran. Marriage, temporary marriage, prostitution, and homosexuality are all discussed, as well as the often unintended result of these relations -- sexually transmitted diseases. The book uses travellers' accounts, Iranian and international archival sources, as well as government data to bring together, in detail, and within the context of Iranian culture and religion, the nature, variety, and problems of sexual relations in Iran over the ages. Finally, Willem Floor summarises the issues that Iranian society faces today -- which are not dissimilar to that of many other industrial nations -- the challenge to the male claim to dominance over women; change in the age of marriage; premarital sex; rising divorce rates; rising promiscuity; prostitution; sexually transmitted diseases; homosexuality and street children. Illuminates the 2,500 year social history of sexual relations in Iran. This work discusses marriage, temporary marriage, prostitution, and homosexuality, as well as the often unintended result of these relations - sexually transmitted diseases. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Although most people do not speak of theatre and Iran in the same breath, dramatic expression has always been a fixture of Iranian culture. In traditional Iranian theatre, there was no real difference between high and low culture, although artists attached to the royal court and sponsored by the rich tended to be more competent than those who performed for the public at large. With the exception of religious and narrative drama, written texts were seldom used. The artists whether comedian, mime, puppeteer, elegist or storyteller performed both in public and private spaces. The arrival of European theatre, with its reliance on a written text and normative rather than improvisatory acting, was part of the modernisation process in Iran. European theatre was introduced to the country in 1878, enjoyed a hey-day in the early years of the twentieth century, and has experienced many ups-and-downs since then. Today, it once again enjoys great popularity. At the same time, traditional theatre is being rediscovered, and playwrights are using some of its forms to develop indigenous modern Iranian theatre-- a melding of the deep past and dynamic present. The arrival of European theatre, with its reliance on a written text and normative rather than improvisatory acting, was part of the modernisation process in Iran. European theatre was introduced to the country in 1878, enjoyed a hey-day in the early years of the twentieth century, and has experienced many ups-and-downs since then. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. This book offer a broad and comprehensive survey of the state of public health, medical practice and its practitioners in 1800-1925. Based on first-hand accounts of European travellers and doctors who practised and observed medical treatment, the study provides an overview of the major diseases the population suffered and how these were treated. It also includes the available evidence logged by Iranian patients abroad and at home, as well as contemporary Persian texts that comment on public health and its practice in Iran. Floor shuns the analysis of classic Islamic medical textbooks, explaining that their medical advice was hardly ever administered and that the authors often had ideological (religious) agendas in writing these treatises. Instead, Floor investigates the commonly accepted theories of diseases, disorders, and their cures, including Islamic Galenic medicine and pre-Islamic theurgic folk medicine based on traditional herb lore and trial-and-error. The book concludes with the impact of Western medicine on the traditional medical institutions and public health in Qajar Iran. This exhaustive inquiry will enthral scholars of Iran and medicine alike. This book offer a broad and comprehensive survey of the state of public health, medical practice and its practitioners in 1800-1925. Based on first-hand accounts of European travellers and doctors who practised and observed medical treatment, the study provides an overview of the major diseases the population suffered and how these were treated. It also includes the available evidence logged by Iranian patients abroad and at home, as well as contemporary Persian texts that comment on public health and its practice in Iran. Floor shuns the analysis of classic Islamic medical textbooks, explaining that their medical advice was hardly ever administered and that the authors often had ideological (religious) agendas in writing these treatises. Instead, Floor investigates the commonly accepted theories of diseases, disorders, and their cures, including Islamic Galenic medicine and pre-Islamic theurgic folk medicine based on traditional herb lore and trial-and-error. The book concludes with the impact of Western medicine on the traditional medical institutions and public health in Qajar Iran. This exhaustive inquiry will enthral scholars of Iran and medicine alike. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Given the importance of bread in the Iranian diet, it is surprising that its role in Iranian society has so far been ignored as a subject of study. Since ancient times, bread has been the staple diet of the peoples living in the Iranian plateau. Willem Floor, one of the foremost scholars of Iranian history, describes the beginnings of agriculture and bread-making, and the various grains and other products that were, and are, used to make bread. He then delves into the making of dough in rural and urban areas, followed by an overview of baking techniques, and the many kinds of bread that were -- and continue to be -- made in Iran. And, because Man does not live by bread alone, we are offered an overview of the spiritual and social aspects of bread in Iranian society. Finally, the author assesses the dietary importance of bread to the people of Iran and ends by addressing the question of how the State dealt with "the bread issue", which often determined the rise and fall of governments. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

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Condizione: New. 2005. 1st. Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FBN; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 277 x 211 x 19. Weight in Grams: 848. . . . . .

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Merchants and bankers managed much of nineteenth-century Iran's economy and finances. The ulama -- clerical leaders -- who considered themselves responsible for the spiritual welfare of their flock also played an important economic role, in particular, through management of religious endowments. Numerically, however, the most important group was that of the traders and craftsmen, who were organised into guilds and who formed thirty to fifty percent of the urban population. Finally, there were the unskilled, mostly seasonal, labourers. This book analyses the major functions and characteristics of these groups, and discusses how they each coped with the pressures of the world market to which Iran was increasingly exposed and which resulted in the disappearance of jobs reducing Iran's economic and political independence. After 1870, Iran's economic situation was aggravated by an influx of peasants into the main cities significantly increasing the size of permanent unskilled labour in these cities.Guilds only provided some measure of social and economic benefits and protection to its members but could not prevent major downsizing, which is detailed in a contemporary report included here in translation. Meanwhile, both the merchants and the ulama demanded government action to better protect the country's economy and its independence. To make a bigger fist, the ulama, merchants and reformists mobilised the guilds to support their political ends. As such, the guilds provided the force that powered the political events, which resulted in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution in 1906. The ulama's interference in economic life only made matters worse. They had no grasp of economics, beyond stating that people should not be greedy. And the guilds, despite their visible role during the 1905-06 events, found themselves used, and discarded when they were no longer needed. This created the parameters for major structural change to finally take place after 1925. The book provides a detailed analysis of primary source references essential for a better understanding of the socio-economic conditions that led to Iran's push toward modernisation in the first quarter of the twentieth century. Offers an analysis of primary source references essential for a better understanding of the socio-economic conditions that led to Iran's push toward modernisation in the first quarter of the twentieth century. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. By any measure, Nader Shah -- founder of the Afsharid Dynasty -- ranks as a towering figure in Iranian history. Rising from the humblest of origins, he became a military commander of genius, restored an embattled Persia to imperial greatness, and proceeded to wield the power of the throne with a ruthlessness that approached derangement. Yet much about the man and his tumultuous times remains obscure. This book peers into the shadows by drawing on unusual source materials -- unpublished letters and reports written by the staff of the Dutch East India Company, who watched in dismay as the tyrant sacrificed the nation's economic health (and Dutch hopes for trade) to feed his war machine. The book looks at his entire life: how a shepherd boy mastered fighting skills, assembled armies, reunited Iran and freed it from Afghan occupation, invaded and plundered both India and Ottoman Turkey, and crowned himself Nader Shah of Iran after usurping the Safavid throne in 1736. Because there are no other contemporary reports, published or unpublished, of this length and geographical scope, much of the information offered here is unique.Nader Shah, who not only ruined neighbouring countries but also his own, is depicted in all his fury and bloodthirstiness -- traits often glossed over by later court chroniclers. At times the Dutch observers are so sickened by his total disregard for the well-being of his country and for human life that they pray to God to release Iran from his hold. Release came in 1747, when he was taken by surprise in his bed and assassinated -- but not before first killing two of the attackers. For the first time in English, "The Rise and Fall of Nader Shah" makes these primary-source eyewitness reports of an important period in Iranian history available to historians and students alike. By any measure, Nader Shah - founder of the Afsharid Dynasty - ranks as a towering figure in Iranian history. This book looks at his life: how a shepherd boy mastered fighting skills, assembled armies, reunited Iran and freed it from Afghan occupation, and crowned himself Nader Shah of Iran after usurping the Safavid throne in 1736. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Condizione: New. 2005. 1st. Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FBN; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 277 x 211 x 19. Weight in Grams: 848. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condizione: New. 2008. First Paperback. Paperback. Num Pages: 459 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JHBK5; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 742. . . . . .

Condizione: New. 2009. First, softcover original. Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 210 x 16. Weight in Grams: 676. . . . . .

Condizione: New. 2008. First Paperback. Paperback. Num Pages: 459 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JHBK5; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 742. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condizione: New. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1. BIC Classification: HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 212 x 17. Weight in Grams: 698. . 2009. Paperback. . . . .

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Condizione: New. Series: Persian Gulf. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 281 x 22. Weight in Grams: 872. . 2011. 1 edition, paperback original. Perfect Paperback. . . . .

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Condizione: New. Num Pages: 420 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JHMC; WD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 279 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1016. . 2011. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . .

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Condizione: New. Series: Persian Gulf. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 281 x 22. Weight in Grams: 872. . 2011. 1 edition, paperback original. Perfect Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condizione: New. 2009. First, softcover original. Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 210 x 16. Weight in Grams: 676. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condizione: New. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1. BIC Classification: HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 212 x 17. Weight in Grams: 698. . 2009. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Condizione: New. 2018. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Condizione: New. Num Pages: 420 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JHMC; WD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 279 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1016. . 2011. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.