book chapter
The society and its environment
Iran: a country study • Washington D.c. • Published In 1989 • Pages: 71-136, 315-317
By: Hooglund, Eric J. (Eric James), Library Of Congress. Federal Research Division.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a succinct analysis of Iranian society up to and following the Revolution of 1979. Although a wide variety of ethnographic topics are discussed in the text, major emphasis is on the population, the environment, language, culture history, ethnic and religious groups, social classes, religion, education, and health and welfare.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Linguistic identification
- Ethnic stratification
- Classes
- Social relationships and groups
- Religious denominations
- Education system
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary 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
- 1850-1987
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Iran
- NotesAdditional notes
- Eric Hooglund
- Supt. Docs. No.:D101.22.:550-68/987
- 'Research completed December 1987.'
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-317)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 88600484
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iranians