Survivors an oral history of the Armenian genocide

Miller, Donald E. (Donald Earl) 1946- (Author). Miller, Lorna Touryan. (Added Author).

Summary: Between 1915 and 1923, over one million Armenians died, victims of a genocidal campaign. Thousands of other Armenians suffered torture, brutality, deportation. Through interviews with a hundred elderly Armenians, Donald and Lorna Miller give the "forgotten genocide" the hearing it deserves. Survivors raises important issues about genocide and about how people cope with traumatic experience. --From publisher's description.

Record details

ISBN: 9780520923270 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0520923278 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 058516357X (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780585163574 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0520079841 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 0520219562
Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (xii, 242 pages) : illustrations, map
Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1993.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-237) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	pt. I. Historical background -- Remembrances of a forgotton genocide -- The historical and political context of the genocide -- pt. II. Survivor accounts -- Life and politics before the deportations -- The deportation marches -- The experience of women and children -- Orphanage life and family reunions -- Emigration and resettlement -- pt. III. Analysis -- Survivor responses to the genocide -- Moral reflections on the genocide -- Appendix A: Methodology -- Appendix B: Interview guide -- Appendix C: Survivors interviewed.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.