Table of Contents

List of Figures List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Introduction 1. Flags of Inconvenience: State Failure, Nationhood, and Contested Sovereignty in the late Qajar Encounter with the United States, John Ghazvinian 2. The Shuster Mission of 1911 and American Perceptions of Iran’s First Revolution, Matthew Shannon 3. U.S.-Iran Relations through the Lens of Heritage Diplomacy: The Case of the Iranian Antiquities Bill of 1930, Kyle Olson 4. A Literary-Political Turn to Left: American Literature and Politics of Reception in Iran, Behnam M. Fomeshi 5. Pandering in the Persian Gulf: Iran, Arabia, and Anglo-American Relations, 1900-1971, Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet 6. De-Nationalized: Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the Consortium, and Global Oil, 1953-1963, Gregory Brew 7. Alborz, Bethel, and Community: Missionary Institutions in Postwar Tehran, Matthew K. Shannon 8. American Academics and U.S. Technical Aid for Iranian Modernization, Richard Garlitz 9. ‘We Learned How to be Friends’: What Oral History tells us about the American Peace Corps in Iran, Jasamin Rostam-Kolayi 10. “Support the 41”: Iranian Student Activism in Northern California, 1970-1973, Ida Yalzadeh 11. Professional Transnationalism and Iranian-American Im/mobility in Michigan, Camron Michael Amin Conclusion: Third Parties, Non/state Actors, and the Ambiguities of U.S. Imperial Power Bibliography Index

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An examination of cultural dialogues between Americans and Iranians from the constitutional period of the 1890s through to the start of the White Revolution in the 1960s.

About the Author

Matthew K. Shannon is Associate Professor in History, Emory & Henry College, USA. He is the author of Losing Hearts and Minds: American-Iranian Relations and International Education during the Cold War (2017).

Reviews

Matthew K. Shannon has brought together twelve outstanding scholars to produce a collection of essential reading for anybody interested in the history of US-Iranian relations. It makes a vital contribution to the literature by shedding light on the role played by non-state actors in this transnational relationship.
*Dr Ben Offiler, Senior Lecturer in History, Sheffield Hallam University, UK*