Aid to Armenia
Humanitarianism and intervention from the 1890s to the present
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Aid to Armenia
Humanitarianism and intervention from the 1890s to the present
About this book
Interventions on behalf of Armenia and Armenians have come to be identified by scholars and practitioners alike as defining moments in the history of humanitarianism. This volume reassesses these claims, critically examining a range of interventions by governments, international and diasporic organizations, and individuals that aimed to 'save Armenians'. Drawing on perspectives from a range of disciplines, the chapters trace the evolution of these interventions from the late-nineteenth to the present day, paying particular attention to the aftermaths of the genocide and the upheavals of the post-Soviet period. Geographically, the contributions connect diverse spaces and places – the Caucasus, Russia, the Middle East, Europe, North America, South America, and Australia – revealing shifting transnational networks of aid and intervention. These chapters are followed by reflections from leading scholars in the fields of refugee history and Armenian history, Peter Gatrell and Ronald Grigor Suny. Aid to Armenia not only offers an innovative exploration into the history of Armenia and Armenians and the history of humanitarianism, but it provides a platform for practitioners to think critically about contemporary humanitarian questions facing Armenia, the South Caucasus region and the wider Armenian diaspora.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Figures
- Maps
- Introduction
- 1 Humanitarian accountability: Anglo-American relief during the Hamidian massacres, 1894–98
- 2 Pragmatism and personalities: Etienne Brasil and Brazilian engagement with Armenia, 1912–22
- 3 ‘An appeal from afar’: The challenges of compassion and the Australian humanitarian campaigns for Armenian relief, 1900–30
- 4 Humanitarian crisis at the Ottoman–Russian border: Russian imperial responses to Armenian refugees of war and genocide, 1914–15
- 5 ‘Making good’ in the Near East: The Smith College Relief Unit, Near East Relief and visions of Armenian reconstruction, 1919–21
- 6 Care and connections: Orphans, refugees and Norwegian relief in the Soviet Armenian Republic, 1922–25
- 7 Humanitarian diaspora? The AGBU in Soviet Armenia, 1920–30s
- 8 Tremor and change: Humanitarian interventions after the 1988 earthquake in Armenia
- 9 Humanitarian intervention meets a de facto state: International peacebuilding consortiums in Nagorny Karabakh, 2003–16
- 10 Refuge in the ‘homeland’: The Syrians in Armenia
- Afterword: Displacement and the humanitarian response to suffering: reflections on aiding Armenia
- Epilogue
- Index