| Contents |
Introduction -- Comparing Iran and Egypt : theoretical and methodological considerations -- Urban political economy and the search for a theory of dependent urbanization -- Iran and Egypt : comparing the incomparable? -- Dependent urbanization in Iran -- Town and country in pre-capitalist Iran, 1800-1880s -- Development of commercial capitalism and dependent urbanization in Iran, 1880s-1953 -- Dependent urbanization in iran : from the Mossadeq era to the 1979 revolution -- Uneven urban development and hyper-Urbanization in Iran : the case of Tehran -- Dependent urbanization in Egypt -- Urbanization in pre-capitalist Egypt, 1798-1882 -- British colonialism and dependent urbanization in Egypt, 1882-1952 -- Dependent urbanization in post-revolution Egypt, 1952-1970 -- Uneven urban development in Egypt: the case of Cairo -- Divergent paths of dependent urbanization in Iran and Egypt -- Dependent urbanization and development in Iran and Egypt : comparative analysis -- Epilogue : Globalization, the "new world order" and prospects for Iran and Egypt in the region. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-229) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008032662 |
| ISBN | 9780739126776 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0739126776 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780739132203 (electronic : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0739132202 (electronic : alk. paper) |
