Description
Book SynopsisTraces the cultural and social transformations and interventions that created a sense of Armenian nationality in the 19th and 20th centuries. This book shows that while the limits of Armenia excluded the diaspora, at a time of state renewal, the boundaries have been expanded to include Armenians who live beyond the borders of the republic.
Trade Review" ... a fine collection of scholarly articles ... " Library Journal "Professor Suny excels in his treatment of the political and social factors affecting the development of the Armenian nation." Academic Library Book Review "This book should rapidly emerge as the most reliable introduction available to the modern history of Armenia." Central Asian Survey " ... rich in new insights and fresh perspectives ... the first major work of post-Soviet Armenian historiography." Robert H. Hewsen, American Historical Review "Considered as a whole, this book is to a substantial degree unique in its objectivity. Read reflectively ... it should contribute to the evolution of a more constructive evaluation of the Armenian predicament than has prevailed in recent decades." Russian Review
Table of ContentsPreface
Introduction: From National Character to National Tradition
Part One
Imagining Armenia
1 Armenia and Its Rulers
2 Images of the Armenians in the Russian Empire
3 The Emergence of the Armenian Patriotic Intelligentsia in Russia
4 Populism, Nationalism, and Marxism amoung Russia's Armenians
5 Labor and Socialism amoung Armenians in Transcaucasia
6 Rethinking the Unthinkable: Toward an Understanding of the Armenian Genocide
Part Two
State, Nation, Diaspora
7 Armenia and the Russian Revolution
8 Building a Socialist Nation
9 Stalin and the Armenians
10 Return to Ararat: Armenia in the Cold War
11 The New Nationalism in Armenia
12 Nationalism and Democracy: The Case of Karabagh
13 Looking toward Ararat: The Diaspora and the "Homeland"
14 Armenia on the Road to Independence, Again
Notes
Bibliography of Books and Articles in Western Languages on Modern Armenian History
Index
