Survivors : an oral history of the Armenian genocide / Donald E. Miller, Lorna Touryan Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Donald E. (Donald Earl), 1946-

Contributor:

Miller, Lorna Touryan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923--Personal narratives.

Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923.

Oral history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 242 p., [16] p. of plates ) ill., map, ports. ;

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c1993.

Summary:

Between 1915 and 1923, over one million Armenians died, victims of a genocidal campaign that is still denied by the Turkish government. Thousands of other Armenians suffered torture, brutality, deportation. Yet their story has received scant attention. Through interviews with a hundred elderly Armenians, Donald and Lorna Miller give the "forgotten genocide" the hearing it deserves. Survivors raise important issues about genocide and about how people cope with traumatic experience. Much here is wrenchingly painful, yet it also speaks to the strength of the human spirit.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Map

Introduction

PART I: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

1. Remembrances of a Forgotten Genocide

2. The Historical and Political Context of the Genocide

PART II: SURVIVOR ACCOUNTS

3. Life and Politics Before the Deportations

4. The Deportation Marches

5. The Experience of Women and Children

6. Orphanage Life and Family Reunions

7. Emigration and Resettlement

PART III: ANALYSIS

8. Survivor Responses to the Genocide

9. Moral Reflections on the Genocide

Appendix A: Methodology

Appendix B: Interview Guide

Appendix C: Survivors Interviewed

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-237) and index.

ISBN:

0-585-16357-X

0-520-92327-8

OCLC:

1419789012