past and present in the making of national identity /
نام نخستين پديدآور
edited by Edmund Herzig and Marina Kurkchiyan.
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
محل نشرو پخش و غیره
London :
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
RoutledgeCurzon,
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
2005.
مشخصات ظاهری
نام خاص و کميت اثر
1 online resource (viii, 255 pages) :
ساير جزييات
maps
فروست
عنوان فروست
Caucasus world. Peoples of the Caucasus
یادداشتهای مربوط به کتابنامه ، واژه نامه و نمایه های داخل اثر
متن يادداشت
Includes bibliographical references and index.
یادداشتهای مربوط به مندرجات
متن يادداشت
Cover -- Caucasus World: Peoples of the Caucasus -- The Armenians -- Contents -- Maps -- Contributors -- Transliteration and names -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Early Armenian civilization -- Introduction -- Armenian origins: myth, language and archaeology -- The beginnings of Armenian history -- The coming of Christianity to Armenia -- Bibliography -- 3 Christianity to modernity -- Major historical events from the fourth to eighteenth centuries AD -- 'Between East and West' -- Key moments in Armenian history from the fourth through to the eighteenth century -- Emerging features of Armenian thought and world view -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 4 Into the modern age, 1800-1913 -- Wars: shifting borders and populations -- Ottoman, Persian and Russian reforms -- Imagined communities become culturally and administratively more real -- The 'Armenian Question' -- Difficult times for the Eastern Armenians -- Hope springs eternal -- Bibliography -- 5 Genocide and independence, 1914-21 -- Russian (Eastern) Armenians and Turkish (Western) Armenians -- The Armenian Genocide -- Establishment of the Republic of Armenia -- The Republic of Armenia -- Regional issues -- The international scene -- Partition and sovietization of the Republic -- Bibliography -- 6 Soviet Armenia, 1921-91 -- Soviet rule -- The Stalin years -- 'The Thaw' -- The end of Soviet rule -- The Soviet achievement -- Bibliography -- 7 Armenians in diaspora -- Origins of the contemporary diaspora -- Links and divisions in the contemporary diaspora -- Description of selected major centres -- Contemporary social and institutional life in the diaspora 11 -- Issues raised -- Bibliography -- 8 The Karabagh conflict -- The background to the conflict -- Interpretations of the problem by the main parties involved in the conflict -- Dynamics of the conflict -- Bibliography -- 9 Politics in independent Armenia -- Introduction -- The first few years, 1991-4 -- The twilight of the Ter Petrosian presidency, 1994-8 -- The Kocharian presidency -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 10 Media and democracy in Armenia -- History -- Independent media in the making: 1988-92 -- From economic crisis to political repression: 1992-4 -- Run-up to national elections: 1995-7 -- Ambiguity: the present period -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 11 Economic and social development -- Background -- History of economic development -- Soviet period of industrialization -- Characteristics of the economy before Gorbachev's reforms -- Economic reforms under ' perestroika ' -- Liberalization and privatization -- Economy in transition -- Economic impacts of the transition period -- The economic policy debate -- Social costs of the transition period -- Bibliography -- 12 Society in transition -- Society beyond statistics -- Social services in transition -- Migration as an alternative way of problem solving -- Bibliography -- 13 Homeland-diaspora relations and identity differences -- Events and issues.n.
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یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
A comprehensive introduction to the historical forces and recent social and political developments that have shaped todays Armenian people. With contributions from leading Armenian, American and European specialists.