Joanne Laycock

Imagining Armenia

Orientalism, ambiguity and intervention, 1879-1925

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines how Armenia and Armenians were portrayed in Britain at a decisive moment in modern history, when diplomats, scholars and humanitarians engaged with the past, present and future of Armenia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 349g
• ISBN-13: 9781784993719
• ISBN-10: 1784993719
• Artikelnr.: 45006260

Autorenporträt

Joanne Laycock is Senior Lecturer in History at Sheffield Hallam University

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction From cradle of civilisation to victim nation: Britain and
Armenia 1875 - 1925 1. Imagining Armenia: Otherness, orientalism and
ambiguity 2. The boundary of the civilised world? Images of Armenia during
the late nineteenth century 3. 'The murder of a nation' Representing the
Armenian genocide of 1915 4. Armenian Refugees: Representation, relief and
repatriation 5. Post-War Armenia: Visions, realities and responses
Conclusions The Armenian past, present and future in the British
imagination