Reviews
"Keshavarzian shows how the bazaar exercised its political and economic influence under the shah. He then lays out the paradox that the revolution in which the bazaar was so central brought in a government that has systematically weakened the bazaar to the point that the bazaar is no longer a significant political player. His style is at times a bit dense, but Keshavarzian is no obscurantist academic: He provides lots of colorful details." - Foreign Policy, 'Keshavarzian casts his study within an intelligent and provocative theoretical framework, while providing the reader with rich empirical detail … He makes new contributions to the study of the Tehran bazaar.' Ervand Abrahamian, Baruch College, "...no other work comes close to Keshavarzian's in its systematic treatment of the subject...it is likely to broaden the discourse on Iranian politics in the existing academic literature." - Massoud Karshenas, Department of Economics, SOAS, University of London, '… no other work comes close to Keshavarzian's in its systematic treatment of the subject … it is likely to broaden the discourse on Iranian politics in the existing academic literature.' Massoud Karshenas, SOAS, University of London, "Keshavarzian casts his study within an intelligent and provocative theoretical framework, while providing the reader with rich empirical detail...He makes new contributions to the study of the Tehran bazaar" - Ervand Abrahamian, Department of History, Baruch College, '… a treasure of information, fine analyses, and comparisons … the fruit of dense and extensive anthropological field research. … should be read not only by Iran specialists, but by anybody interested in economic institutions in Islamic countries or in the link between economic, social, and cultural practices.' Fariba Adelkhah, Iranian Studies, 'Keshavarzian shows how the bazaar exercised its political and economic influence under the shah. He then lays out the paradox that the revolution in which the bazaar was so central brought in a government that has systematically weakened the bazaar to the point that the bazaar is no longer a significant political player. ... [Keshavarzian] provides lots of colorful details.' Foreign Policy, 'Keshavarzian shows how the bazaar exercised its political and economic influence under the shah. He then lays out the paradox that the revolution in which the bazaar was so central brought in a government that has systematically weakened the bazaar to the point that the bazaar is no longer a significant political player. … [Keshavarzian] provides lots of colorful details.' Foreign Policy, 'Keshavarzian casts his study within an intelligent and provocative theoretical framework, while providing the reader with rich empirical detail ... He makes new contributions to the study of the Tehran bazaar.' Ervand Abrahamian, Baruch College, "...a treasure of information, fine analyses, and comparisons...the fruit of dense and extensive anthropological field research. ... should be read not only by Iran specialists, but by anybody interested in economic institutions in Islamic countries or in the link between economic, social, and cultural practices." - Fariba Adelkhah, Iranian Studies, "These richly detailed case studies are instructive and interesting, and give the book an original flavor.... The book is also certainly a useful historical reference for tracing the Bazaar's continuous transfiguration over time." - The Developing Economies (Japan), '... no other work comes close to Keshavarzian's in its systematic treatment of the subject ... it is likely to broaden the discourse on Iranian politics in the existing academic literature.' Massoud Karshenas, SOAS, University of London
