The Great War and the Remaking of Palestine
The Great War and the Remaking of Palestine by Salim Tamari
English | August 15, 2017 | ISBN: 0520291255, 0520291263 | EPUB + PDF | 224 pages | 7.3/4 MB
English | August 15, 2017 | ISBN: 0520291255, 0520291263 | EPUB + PDF | 224 pages | 7.3/4 MB
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 Employing nuanced ethnography, rare autobiographies, and unpublished maps and photos, The Great War and the Remaking of Palestine discerns a self-consciously modern and secular Palestinian public sphere.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.