TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tachjian,Vahé
AU  - Goshgarian,G.M.
TI  - Daily life in the abyss: genocide diaries, 1915-1918 
T2  - War and genocide
SN  - 9781785334955
AV  - DS195 .D355 2017
PY  - 2017///
CY  - New York
PB  - Berghahn
KW  - Pogharean, Grigor
KW  - T.Aawugchean, Nersēs,
KW  - Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923
KW  - Personal narratives
KW  - Armenians
KW  - Syria
KW  - Diaries
KW  - Turkey
KW  - Relocation
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; The diarist, his environment, and the reasons for keeping a diary --; The deportees in the region of Bilad al-Sham : a race against time at breakneck --; Speed --; The circle of salvation in extreme conditions : money-food-connections --; Descriptions of the deportees' decline : the deaths of Shoghagat, Hagop, Krikor --; Diruhi, and many others --; From forced Islamacization to emancipation : two historical episodes and their --; Contradictions; 2; b
N2  - Historical research into the Armenian Genocide has grown tremendously in recent years, but much of it has focused on large-scale questions related to Ottoman policy or the scope of the killing. Consequently, surprisingly little is known about the actual experiences of the genocide's victims. Daily Life in the Abyss illuminates this aspect through the intertwined stories of two Armenian families who endured forced relocation and deprivation in and around modern-day Syria. Through analysis of diaries and other source material, it reconstructs the rhythms of daily life within an often bleak and hostile environment, in the face of a gradually disintegrating social fabric
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