Borders and Brethren: Iran and the Challenge of Azerbaijani Identity

by Brenda Shaffer

Book Overview

The Azerbaijani people have been divided between Iran and the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan for more than 150 years, yet they have retained their ethnic identity. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the emergence of an independent Azerbaijan have only served to reinforce their collective identity. In Borders and Brethren, Brenda Shaffer examines trends in Azerbaijani collective identity from the period of the Islamic Revolution in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262692775
• ISBN13: 9780262692779
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher