Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This book is an outgrowth of a paper that the author presented on May 3, 1984, at the National Conference on "Identity and Assimilation: The Armenian Experience in America" held at Harvard University. The conference was organized and sponsored by the National Association of Armenian Studies and Research with the cooperation of the Department of Near East Languages and Civilizations of Harvard University. It was published in the Journal of Armenian Studies vol. III, no. 1 and 2, 1986-87. This is a greatly expanded version with illustration."--Foreward.