The Great War and the Remaking of Palestine Contributor(s): Tamari, Salim (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520291255 ISBN-13: 9780520291256 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - Israel & Palestine - History | Military - World War I |
Dewey: 940.356 |
LCCN: 2017028637 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.95 lbs) 224 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This rich history of Palestine in the last decade of the Ottoman Empire reveals the nation emerging as a cultural entity engaged in a vibrant intellectual, political, and social exchange of ideas and initiatives. Employing nuanced ethnography, rare autobiographies, and unpublished maps and photos, The Great War and the Remaking of Palestine discerns a self-consciously modern and secular Palestinian public sphere. New urban sensibilities, schools, monuments, public parks, railways, and roads catalyzed by the Great War and described in detail by Salim Tamari show a world that challenges the politically driven denial of the existence of Palestine as a geographic, cultural, political, and economic space. |