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major contribution to the study of Armenian literature by one of the foremost authorities
in the field:
Marc
Nichanian, Writers of Disaster: Armenian Literature in the Twentieth Century,vol.
1 The National Revolution. Essays
on four significant Armenian authors of the twentieth century: Yeghishé Charents, Gurgen
Mahari, Zabel Esayan, and Vahan Totovents. Features new translations of the work of these
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Hilmar Kaiser, in collaboration with Luther and Nancy Eskijian, At the Crossroads of Der Zor: Death, Survival and Humanitarian
Resistance in Aleppo, 19151917. A rare study of Armenian humanitarian
efforts during the Armenian Genocide.
Joan George, Merchants in
Exile: The Armenians of Manchester, England, 18351935. The history
of a prosperous community that influenced British policy toward Ottoman Turkey.
Second Edition. Rita Soulahian
Kuyumjian, Archeology of Madness: Komitas,
Portrait of an Armenian Icon. A psychiatrist looks into the psyche of the
great compiler and arranger of Armenian folk music.
"A very moving manuscript." --Vartan Gregorian
Alice Shepard Riggs, Shepard of Aintab,
with a new foreword by Constance Shepard Jolly. The life of a popular American medical
missionary who spent most of his adult life working in Aintab, in central Turkey.
Raffi,
The Fool, translated by Donald Abcarian.
First published in 1881, this historical novel has served as an "I have a dream"
speech for generations of Armenians.
For
new edition see Taderon Press
Great Need
over the Water: The Letters of Theresa Huntington Ziegler, Missionary to Turkey,
18981905, edited and with an introduction by Stina Katchadourian. Life
in Harpoot (Kharpert) one hundred years ago.
A Los Angeles Times bestseller!
Arpena S. Mesrobian, "Like
One Family": The Armenians of Syracuse. A microcosm of the history
of Armenians in America over the past one hundred years.
Hilmar Kaiser, Imperialism, Racism, and Development Theories: The Construction of a
Dominant Paradigm on Ottoman Armenians. An inquiry into the origins of
stereotypes about Ottoman Armenians in current history-writing.
Sarkis Narzakian, Memoirs of
Sarkis Narzakian. The story of an Armenian revolutionary and American
labor activist from Chemishgazag in Ottoman Turkey.
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A VALUABLE NEW SERIES
STERNDALE CLASSICS
Harry Sturmer,
Two War Years in Constantinople: Sketches of German and Young Turkish
Ethnics and Politics (originally translated
and printed in 1917) revised and complete edition with annotations and
an introduction by Hilmar Kaiser.
Clarence Ussher,
An American Physician in Turkey (first
published 1917). This memoir includes a detailed account of the siege of Van in 1915. It
is the book featured in Atom Egoyan's motion picture,
Ararat.
Grace Knapp,
The Tragedy of Bitlis (first published 1919). A
rare account of the Armenian Genocide in Bitlis.
George Horton,
The
Blight of Asia (originally
printed in 1926). An account of the burning of Smyrna and the
forced exodus of its Greek and Armenian inhabitants. The author was the U.S. consul
general there.
Rafael de Nogales,
Four Years Beneath the Crescent
(originally printed in 1926). The memoir of a
Venezuelan missionary who, in May 1915, commanded Ottoman artillery
batteries bombarding Armenians in the besieged city of Van.
Duke of Argyll,
Our Responsibilities for Turkey: Facts and Memories of Forty Years
(originally printed in 1896)
An authoritative account examining British Policy and the Armenian
Question.
Henry Morgenthau,
Ambassador Morgenthau's Story
(originally printed in 1918). The United States envoy to the
Ottoman Empire in 191517 reports key conversations with Young Turk officials and
fellow diplomats.
Robert Curzon,
Armenia: A Year in Erzeroom
(originally printed in 1856)
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British
Parliamentary Debates on the Armenian Genocide 1915–1918,
ed. Ara Sarafian, with a foreword by Eric Avebury
Reproduces British Parliamentary discussions of
the persecution of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey during WWI.
Identifies intellectual trajectory of the official British position,
leading to the 1916 Parliamentary Blue Book on the treatment of
Armenians. |
Armenian
Genocide Documentation Series
General Editor: Ara Sarafian
Henry H. Riggs, Days of Tragedy
in Armenia:Personal Experiences in Harpoot, 19151917. The story of
Harpoot (Kharpert) during the First World War as told by an American missionary.
James L. Barton, compiler, "Turkish
Atrocities": Statements of American Missionaries on the Destruction of Christian
Communities in Ottoman Turkey, 19151917. Twenty-one sworn statements
from various parts of the empire.
Bertha B. Morley, Marsovan 1915: The
Diaries of Bertha Morley. A music teacher from Ohio witnesses the
destruction of Armenians in Marsovan.
Tacy Atkinson, "The
German, the Turk and the Devil Made a Triple Alliance": Harpoot Diaires,
19081917. A missionary from Salem, Nebraska, witnesses the destruction
of Armenians in Harpoot (Kharpert).
Maria Jacobsen, Diaries
of a Danish Missionary: Harpoot, 19071919. Unlike American
witnesses, who had to leave the Ottoman Empire when the United States entered World War I,
Maria Jacobsen carries on her narrative until the end of the war.
Eberhard Count Wolffskeel Von Reichenberg, Zeitoun, Mousa Dagh, Ourfa: Letters on the Armenian
Genocide, ed. and intro. Hilmar Kaiser
Ruth Parmelee, Pioneer
in the Euphrates Valley
See
also Ara Sarafian's article based on his work in Ottoman archives. |