(Re)constructing Armenia in Lebanon and Syria : ethno-cultural diversity and the state in the aftermath of a refugee crisis /

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-Ar...

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Main Author: Migliorino, Nicola (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2008.
Series:Studies in forced migration ; v. 21.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • List of Tables; Notes on Transliteration; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The origins of the Armenian presence in Lebanon and Syria; 2. (Re)constructing Armenia; 3. Coping with political change; 4. War, migration, and strategies of survival; 5. Difficult Recovery and uncertain future; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.