The Great War and the remaking of Palestine:

"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 Employing nuanced ethnography, rare autobiographies, and unpublished maps and pho...

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Main Author: Tamārī, Salīm 1945- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California University of California Press [2017]
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"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 Employing nuanced ethnography, rare autobiographies, and unpublished maps and photos, The Great War and the Remaking of Palestine discerns a self-consciously modern and secular Palestinian public sphere.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 an affective geographic, cultural, political, and economic space"...Provided by publisher
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:x, 207 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9780520291256
9780520291263

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