Book
Persia
E. Benn limited • London • Published In 1932 • Pages:
By: Wilson, Arnold Talbot.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is perhaps the best general discussion of modern Iran appearing in English, and while the period covered extends only to 1932 the material provides an excellent background for the study of more specialized recent works. Wilsons emphasis is placed primarily on the historical development of economic, political, and financial institutions, and his analyses throughout are scholarly and objective. While there is little actual ethnography in this work, the authors understanding of Iranian national character provide the researcher with essentially more valuable data than are usually found in other sources dealing with the picturesque side of Iranian life. The entire source has been processed for the files. The author was a Lieutenant Colonel in the British Army on duty in Iran from 1907-13. He served as British Consul in various cities of Iran from 1913-14 and from 1918-20, and was employed by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company from 1921-32. In addition to this volume, Wilson was the author of a number of more specialized works on Iran, including his Bibliography of Persia, which was the most comprehensive listing of European source materials published to 1954.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Oil and gas wells
- Literature
- Literary texts
- Form and rules of government
- Taxation and public income
- Public finance
- Legal norms
- Military organization
- Armed forces
- Theological systems
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Iran
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle East
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Middle East
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Mary L. Bartlett ; 1954
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1907-1932
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1901-1932
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Iran
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Sir Arnold T. Wilson
- 'Brief bibliography' at end of some of the chapters
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 33002613
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iranians