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The Armenian genocide : the essential reference guide / Alan Whitehorn, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (444 pages)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2015.
- Summary:
- With its analytical introductory essays, more than 140 individual entries, a historical timeline, and primary documents, this book provides an essential reference volume on the Armenian Genocide. The Armenian Genocide has often been considered a template for subsequent genocides and is one of the first genocides of the 20th century. As such, it holds crucial historical significance, and it is critically important that today's students understand this case study of inhumanity. This book provides a much-needed, long-overdue reference volume on the Armenian Genocide. It begins with seven introductory analytical essays that provide a broad overview of the Armenian Genocide and then presents individual entries, a historical timeline, and a selection of documents. This essential reference work covers all aspects of the Armenian Genocide, including the causes, phases, and consequences. It explores political and historical perspectives as well as the cultural aspects. The carefully selected collection of perspective essays will inspire critical thinking and provide readers with insight into some of the most controversial and significant issues of the Armenian Genocide. Similarly, the primary source documents are prefaced by thoughtful introductions that will provide the necessary context to help students understand the significance of the material.
- Contents:
- Overview essay
- Causes essay
- Consequences essay
- Perpetrators essay
- Victims essay
- Bystanders essay
- International reaction essay
- A-Z entries
- Primary source documents
- Appendix: Historical dilemmas in the Armenian genocide
- Chronology.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798400614248
- 9798216049241
- 9781786845344
- 1786845342
- 9781610696883
- 1610696883
- OCLC:
- 911179617
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