book chapter
Iran: a country study
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By: Metz, Helen Chapin, Library of Congress. Federal Research Division.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study is an attempt to treat in a concise and objective manner the dominant social, political, economic, and military aspects of contemporary (i.e., up to 1987) Iranian society. Sources of information included scholarly journals and monographs, official reports of government and international organizations, foreign and domestic newspapers, and numerous periodical (p. xiii). Chapters in the text, each compiled by different authors, deal with the historical background of Iran, the society and its environment, the economy, government and politics, and national security
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Glossary
- Culture summary
- History
- Government institutions
- Armed forces
- Military technology
- 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 chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2005
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 500 B.C.-1988 A.D.
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Iran
- NotesAdditional notes
- Federal Research Division, Library of Congress ; edited by Helen Chapin Metz
- Supt. Docs. No.:D101.22.:550-68/987
- 'Research completed December 1987.'
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 88600484
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iranians