Clash of Histories in the South Caucasus: Redrawing the Map of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Iran - Couverture rigide

Galichian, Rouben

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1908755016 ISBN 13 : 9781908755018

Editeur : Bennett & Bloom, 2012

Synopsis

As the only former Soviet republic not to be created from an established ethnic group, ever since its formation in 1918 Azerbaijan has used strategies adapted especially from the USSR and Pan-Turkism movement to create a nationalistic ethnos/mythos at odds with the historical and geographical reality. This new study examines the motives and methodology employed by Azerbaijani historians and geographers over the past century in officially recreating the history, boundaries and even ethnicity of this historically volatile region. Particular focus is given to Azerbaijan's campaign for the geohistorical appropriation of neighbouring Armenia and the three provinces of Iranian Azerbaijan, a selective campaign that ignores the neighbouring territories of Georgia and Russia's North Caucasus. The evidence of the ancient and later cartographers, presented in more than 50 colour maps, along with the Graeco-Roman historians and the accounts of Islamic and European travellers confirm the international position that runs counter to Azerbaijan's claims.

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À propos de l?auteur

Rouben Galichian was born in Tabriz, Iran, to a family of immigrant Armenians who fled Van in 1915 to escape the Genocide, arriving in Iran via Armenia, Georgia and France. After attending school in Tehran, Rouben received a scholarship to study in the UK and graduated with a degree in Engineering from the University of Aston, Birmingham, in 1963. His books include 'Historic Maps of Armenia: The Cartographic Heritage' (2004, plus expanded version in English, Russian and Armenian, 2005), 'Countries South of the Caucasus in Medieval Maps: Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan' (2007), and 'The Invention of History: Azerbaijan, Armenia, and the Showcasing of Imaginations' (2009/2010), which documents the culture and history of Nagorno-Karabakh through the centuries. For his services to Armenian historical cartography, Rouben was awarded in 2008 an honorary doctorate by the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. In 2009 he was the recipient of Armenia's Vazgen I Cultural Achievements Medal.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bennett & Bloom
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1908755016
• ISBN 13: 9781908755018
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 232
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible