Armenia [[electronic resource] ] : portraits of survival and hope / / Donald E. Miller, Lorna Touryan Miller ; photographs by Jerry Berndt

• Autore: Miller Donald E (Donald Earl), <1946->
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (251 p.)
• Disciplina: 947.56/08
• Soggetto topico: Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, 1988-1994; Armenians - Azerbaijan
• Soggetto geografico: Armenia (Republic) History 1920-1991; Armenia (Republic) History 1991-
• Altri autori: MillerLorna Touryan BerndtJerry
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-192) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Massive destruction : the 1988 earthquake -- Random violence : pogroms in Azerbaijan -- Fighting for survival : the war of independence in Nagorno-Karabakh -- Surviving the winter : paying the price for independence -- We live with hope : reflections on conditions in Armenia -- Concluding reflections : the meaning of being human -- Epilogue : ten years after independence.
• Sommario/riassunto: A remarkable view of how geopolitics affects ordinary people, this book documents, in words and pictures, the lives of Armenians in the last two decades. Based on intimate interviews with three hundred Armenians and featuring Jerry Berndt's superb photographs, it brings together firsthand testimony about the social, economic, and spiritual circumstances of Armenians during the 1980's and 1990's, when the country faced an earthquake, pogroms, and war.
• Titolo autorizzato: Armenia
• ISBN: 0-520-92914-4; 1-59734-473-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780447303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II