BIBFRAME Work

Title

The lion and the sun

Type

• Text
• Monograph

Contribution

• Gustafson, James M., 1980- (author )

Subject

• Iran--Environmental conditions--History (LCSH)
• Human ecology--Iran--History (LCSH)
• Iran--History (LCSH)
• Iran--Historical geography (LCSH)

Language

• English

Classification

• DDC: 304.20955 (Assigner: dlc)
• LCC: GE160.I7 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• bibliography
• index

Summary

"This book explores this critical transitional period in Eurasian history from an environmental perspective. It argues that severe ecological challenges dating to the late 17th century, and deepening over the post-Safavid crisis of the 18th century, drove a severe decline in the demography and resource base on the Iranian plateau. This in turn gave rise to the perennially troubled Qajar period in the 19th century"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Nature and History in Iran -- Iran's Little Ice Age Crisis -- Farms and Villages - Pastures - Cities : Concentrated Nature -- Ecologies of Disaster : Earthquakes, Famine, and Disease -- New Geographies of the Late 19th Century -- The End of Empire.

Authorized Access Point

Gustafson, James M., 1980-. The lion and the sun

Geographic Coverage

• Iran

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:12:50.183866+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 23854122

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc