For Land and Culture: The Grassroots Council Movement of Turkmens in Iran, 1979-1980

by Peyman Vahabzadeh

For Land and Culture offers the first comprehensive account of a long forgotten and neglected grassroots movement. In the wake of Iran's 1979 revolution, Turkmen peasants collectively occupied their ancestral lands, which had been seized through colonial modernization, land registry and land reform under the Pahlavi monarchy. The book chronicles this movement using theoretical and historical engagement with the modern councils and offers a detailed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1773636650
• ISBN13: 9781773636658
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"