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(Re)constructing Armenia in Lebanon and Syria : ethno-cultural diversity and the state in the aftermath of a refugee crisis / Nicola Migliorino.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Migliorino, Nicola.
- Series:
- Studies in forced migration ; v. 21.
- Studies in forced migration ; v. 21
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Armenians--Lebanon--History--20th century.
- Armenians.
- Armenians--Syria--History--20th century.
- Armenians--Lebanon--Social conditions--20th century.
- Armenians--Syria--Social conditions--20th century.
- Armenians--Lebanon--Politics and government--20th century.
- Armenians--Syria--Politics and government--20th century.
- Armenians--Lebanon--Economic conditions--20th century.
- Armenians--Syria--Economic conditions--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 p.)
- Other Title:
- Reconstructing Armenia in Lebanon and Syria
- Ethno-cultural diversity and the state in the aftermath of a refugee crisis
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- For almost nine decades, since their mass-resettlement to the Levant in the wake of the Genocide and First World War, the Armenian communities of Lebanon and Syria appear to have successfully maintained a distinct identity as an ethno-culturally diverse group, in spite of representing a small non-Arab and Christian minority within a very different, mostly Arab and Muslim environment. The author shows that, while in Lebanon the state has facilitated the development of an extensive and effective system of Armenian ethno-cultural preservation, in Syria the emergence of centralizing, authoritarian
- Contents:
- Title page-(Re)constructing Armenia in Lebanon and Syria; Contents; List of Tables; Notes on Transliteration; Acknowledgements; Introduction; CH 1-The origins of the Armenian presence in Lebanon and Syria; CH 2-(Re)constructing Armenia; CH 3-Coping with political change; CH 4-War, migration, and strategies of survival; CH 5-Difficult Recovery and uncertain future; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [224]-237) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612626968
- 9781845453527
- 1845453522
- 9781282626966
- 1282626965
- 9780857450579
- 0857450573
- OCLC:
- 645101328
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