Book

Torn between two lands: Armenians in America, 1890 to World War I

Harvard University Press • (7) • Published In 1983 • Pages: xii, 364

By: Mirak, Robert.

Abstract

This is a comprehensive study of the Armenian American community in the United States from approximately the 1890s to World War I (1914). The book is divided into four major parts. Part I surveys the Armenian communities in the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). Part II describes the origins and character of the Armenian migrations to the United States, comparing them to similar and dissimilar features of the migrational movements of southern, and eastern European and Middle Eastern populations of the same time period (ca. 1890-1914). The general nature of the Armenian immigrants' economic, physical, and social adjustments to urban America is discussed in Part III. Part IV describes the Armenian American struggle to help their countrymen against the oppressive regimes in Turkey and Russia. The concluding section traces the steps by which the community became acculturated to the New World (pp. vii-viii). Of particular interest in this book is the detailed analysis given to the Armenian revolutionary parties in the United States -- their formation, organizational structure, fund raising techniques, propaganda activites, and their resort to terrorism (dust jacket).

HRAF PubDate

1996

Region

North America

Sub Region

Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures

Document Type

Book

Evaluation

Creator Type

Historian

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

Analyst

John Beierle ; 1995

Field Date

1965-1983

Coverage Date

1890-1914

Coverage Place

United States

Notes

Robert Mirak

Includes bibliographical references (p. 344-354) and index

LCSH

Armenian Americans