Mary Yoshinari is an independent researcher in Tehran, Iran and former SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow.Serhan Afacan is Associate Professor of Middle East History at Marmara University, Turkey.

This book brings together noted scholars of Iranian labour and economic history, who use an impressive array of primary and secondary source materials to elucidate dynamics of trade, industrialization, guilds, banking, social policy and entrepreneurship over a roughly 60-year period. The reader is introduced to critical actors such as craftsmen, merchant associations, trade unions, workers, employers and state officials. Labour History and the Economy in Iran is a highly informed and instructive collection.

• List of FiguresList of TablesList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsNote on TransliterationI. Introduction and HistoriographyCh. 1: Introduction and OverviewCh. 2: Evolution of Labour Historiography in Iran: From 'Old' to 'New' Labour History Scholarship, Touraj AtabakiII. The Agency of Workers, Guilds and Merchants Ch. 3: The Convergence of the Guilds and Craftsmen with the Labour Movement in Iran, 1918–1923, Hojjat Fallah TootkarCh. 4: The Economy Movement, An Iranian Merchants' Organization in Response to the Crisis in Iran-Soviet Trade Relations (1921–1927), Soheila Torabi FarsaniCh. 5: Growth or Bread: Grassroots Reactions to Industrialization during the Reza Shah Period, Serhan AfacanIII. Economic Development and the StateCh. 6: Iran's Quest for Economic Autonomy: Foreign Trade, Banking, Companies and Industry, 1921–1946, Mary Yoshinari Ch. 7: The Political Economy of Social Policy Developments in Iran, 1920s–1970s, Reza OmidiCh. 8: The Commercial Bank of Iran: The First Private Bank, from Establishment to Merger, Ali TatariCh. 9: Mining Development in Iran, 1920s–1950s: Workers and the State, Abdolreza Alamdar IV. Statistics Versus Family Memoirs of Labour and Industry Ch. 10: Workforce, Working Conditions and Labour Relations in Urban Iran: 1950s-1960s, Willem FloorCh. 11: Recollections of the Risbaf (Carding) Complex in Qom, Ali Gheissari Ch. 12: The Private Sector during the Postwar Era: The Destiny of an Entrepreneurial Family, Ali Asghar SaeidiCh. 13: A Pious Lumbermill Worker in Rasht and the Impact of Labour Laws, 1920s–1970s, Majid Saeli Kordehdeh

Mary Yoshinari is an independent researcher in Tehran, Iran and former SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow.Serhan Afacan is Associate Professor of Middle East History at Marmara University, Turkey.

This book brings together noted scholars of Iranian labour and economic history, who use an impressive array of primary and secondary source materials to elucidate dynamics of trade, industrialization, guilds, banking, social policy and entrepreneurship over a roughly 60-year period. The reader is introduced to critical actors such as craftsmen, merchant associations, trade unions, workers, employers and state officials. Labour History and the Economy in Iran is a highly informed and instructive collection.

• List of FiguresList of TablesList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsNote on TransliterationI. Introduction and HistoriographyCh. 1: Introduction and OverviewCh. 2: Evolution of Labour Historiography in Iran: From 'Old' to 'New' Labour History Scholarship, Touraj AtabakiII. The Agency of Workers, Guilds and Merchants Ch. 3: The Convergence of the Guilds and Craftsmen with the Labour Movement in Iran, 1918–1923, Hojjat Fallah TootkarCh. 4: The Economy Movement, An Iranian Merchants' Organization in Response to the Crisis in Iran-Soviet Trade Relations (1921–1927), Soheila Torabi FarsaniCh. 5: Growth or Bread: Grassroots Reactions to Industrialization during the Reza Shah Period, Serhan AfacanIII. Economic Development and the StateCh. 6: Iran's Quest for Economic Autonomy: Foreign Trade, Banking, Companies and Industry, 1921–1946, Mary Yoshinari Ch. 7: The Political Economy of Social Policy Developments in Iran, 1920s–1970s, Reza OmidiCh. 8: The Commercial Bank of Iran: The First Private Bank, from Establishment to Merger, Ali TatariCh. 9: Mining Development in Iran, 1920s–1950s: Workers and the State, Abdolreza Alamdar IV. Statistics Versus Family Memoirs of Labour and Industry Ch. 10: Workforce, Working Conditions and Labour Relations in Urban Iran: 1950s-1960s, Willem FloorCh. 11: Recollections of the Risbaf (Carding) Complex in Qom, Ali Gheissari Ch. 12: The Private Sector during the Postwar Era: The Destiny of an Entrepreneurial Family, Ali Asghar SaeidiCh. 13: A Pious Lumbermill Worker in Rasht and the Impact of Labour Laws, 1920s–1970s, Majid Saeli Kordehdeh