Table of Contents

Preface Introduction: From National Character to National Tradition Part One Imagining Armenia 1 Armenia and Its Rulers 2 Images of the Armenians in the Russian Empire 3 The Emergence of the Armenian Patriotic Intelligentsia in Russia 4 Populism, Nationalism, and Marxism amoung RussiaOs Armenians 5 Labor and Socialism amoung Armenians in Transcaucasia 6 Rethinking the Unthinkable: Toward an Understanding of the Armenian Genocide Part Two State, Nation, Diaspora 7 Armenia and the Russian Revolution 8 Building a Socialist Nation 9 Stalin and the Armenians 10 Return to Ararat: Armenia in the Cold War 11 The New Nationalism in Armenia 12 Nationalism and Democracy: The Case of Karabagh 13 Looking toward Ararat: The Diaspora and the OHomelandO 14 Armenia on the Road to Independence, Again Notes Bibliography of Books and Articles in Western Languages on Modern Armenian History Index

Reviews

Suny, an established historian of this region and its peoples, examines the development and nature of Armenian identity and nationality in a series of essays written over the past several decades. From the study of nationalism and socialism among the Armenians in Russia over the past two centuries, Suny moves toward concepts of modernization, statehood, and culture under the Soviets and following the demise of the USSR. Through the discipline of the historical method and theory, the author seeks to stretch beyond the focus upon Armenians as an endangered people, a perspective expounded by the many works on the Turkish massacre of Armenians during World War I. Suny succeeds in this endeavor and offers the student and researcher a fine collection of scholarly articles for larger library collections and those specializing in the study of this area.-- Rena Fowler, Humboldt State Univ., Arcata, Cal.