Armenia and Imperial Decline

The Yerevan Province, 1900-1914

George Bournoutian (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

412 Seiten

2018
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-48057-5 (ISBN)

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This book seeks, for the first time, to examine the demography and the social and economic conditions in the Yerevan Province during the first decade of the twentieth century, before the great changes that occurred during World War I and the seven decades of Soviet rule. Unlike in Tiflis and Baku, the Armenian inhabitants of the Yerevan Province were overwhelmingly peasants. They did not play a major role in the political, intellectual or economic life of the South Caucasus.

The aim of the book is to prove conclusively that the Armenians of the Yerevan Province not only benefited from living under the umbrella of imperial security, but, as junior and senior officials, they also acquired important administrative and professional skills. The social and economic changes of the last decade of Russian rule enabled the local Armenians to advance and, following the collapse of the Russian Empire, to occupy posts previously held by Russians. Thus, despite the absence of their most talented individuals and the lack of experienced political leaders, as well as the loss of half their territory to Turkish attacks in 1918, the local Armenian administration, in the face of terrible conditions and great odds, provided the foundation which allowed the Armenian Republic to maintain its independence until December of 1920. In fact, some of the survivors would assist in the modernization and nation building of Soviet Armenia.

Providing a detailed overview of the history of the Yerevan Province in the late imperial age, this book will be a valuable resource for students and scholars interested in the History of Armenia, the Russian Empire and the Caucasus.

George Bournoutian holds a PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles. He is a senior Professor of History at Iona College in New York. His numerous books and articles focus on the modern history of Russia, Iran, Armenia and the rest of the South Caucasus.

Foreword Part I Introduction 1. Historical Setting 2. The Land 3. The People 4. The Administrative Structure 5. Land Tenure and Agriculture 6. The Economy 7. Taxes and Revenue Concluding Remarks Part II 1. Population, Land Tenure and Revenues of the Yerevan District 2. Population, Land Tenure and Revenues of the Echmiadzin District 3. Population, Land Tenure and Revenues of the Surmalu District 4. Population, Land Tenure and Revenues of the Sharur-Daralagez District 5. Population, Land Tenure and Revenues of the Nakhichevan District 6. Population, Land Tenure and Revenues of the Alexandropol District 7. Population, Land Tenure and Revenues of the Novo-Bayazet District

Erscheinungsdatum	29.07.2018
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Advances in Armenian Studies
Zusatzinfo	7 Tables, black and white; 11 Line drawings, black and white; 11 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	772 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10	1-138-48057-6 / 1138480576
ISBN-13	978-1-138-48057-5 / 9781138480575
Zustand	Neuware