The Armenians: Past and Present in the Making of National Identity (Caucasus World: Peoples of the Caucasus)

✍ Scribed by Edmund Herzig, Marina Kurkchiyan

• Publisher: Francis & Taylor
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 267
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A comprehensive introduction to the historical forces and recent social and political developments that have shaped today's Armenian people. With contributions from leading Armenian, American and European specialists, the book focuses on identity formation, exploring how the Armenians' perceptions of themselves and their place in the world are informed by their history, culture and present-day situation. The book also covers contemporary politics, economy and society, and relates these to ongoing debates over future directions for the Armenian people, both in the homeland and in the diaspora communities.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 0
Title......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
Maps......Page 9
Contributors......Page 10
Transliteration and names......Page 11
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Introduction: Armenia and the Armenians......Page 13
Early Armenian civilization......Page 35
Christianity to modernity......Page 53
Into the modern age, 1800-1913......Page 77
Genocide and independence, 1914-21......Page 101
Soviet Armenia, 1921-91......Page 125
Armenians in diaspora......Page 138
The Karabagh conflict: from Soviet past to post-Soviet uncertainty......Page 159
Politics in independent Armenia......Page 178
Media and democracy in Armenia......Page 192
Economic and social development......Page 208
Society in transition......Page 223
Homeland-diaspora relations and identity differences......Page 241
Index......Page 256