Crime of Numbers - The Role of Statistics in the Armenian Question (1878-1918)

Statistics have played an important role in the recognition of the Armenian question on the international landscape as well as its 'definitive solution' resulting in the Armenian genocide. This work of archival history imaginatively uses social statistics.

Sommario

Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
1 Diplomacy and Statistics: The Emergence of the Armenian Question (1878-1913)
First Period: The Congress of Berlin and the Emergence of the Armenian Question, 1878
Second Period: The 1895 Memorandum
Third Period: "Vilayat-i arkiyye Islahat," Reform of the Oriental Provinces, in 1914
2 War, Massacre, and Statistics (1914-1918): The "Definitive Solution" of the Armenian Question
Political Persecution
Deportation, the Suez Canal Operation, and the Persecution of Deserters in Zeytun
Massacres: The Van Resistance/Rebellion and Further Deportations
July 20, 1915: Secret Order Concerning Counting and Mapping
Dispersing Armenians according to the Principle of 2%, 5%, and 10%
Photographing Armenians, Covering the Massacres: The Construction of an Offi cial Ideology
3 The Number in the Crime: Counting the Armenian Dead
4 Some Remarks
Appendices
Bibliography
Index

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Fuat Dundar

Riassunto

Statistics have played an important role in the recognition of the Armenian question on the international landscape as well as its "definitive solution" resulting in the Armenian genocide

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Fuat Duendar, Fuat Dundar, Fuat Dündar, Dundar Fuat
• Editore: Transaction Publishers
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 15.06.2010
• EAN: 9781412811002
• ISBN: 978-1-4128-1100-2
• Pagine: 324
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Middle East / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, Armenia, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Middle Eastern history, Social research & statistics, Social research and statistics, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909