{"product_id":"year-of-the-locust-salim-tamari-9780520287501","title":"Year of the Locust: A Soldier's Diary and the Erasure of Palestine's Ottoman Past","description":"\u003ci\u003eYear of the Locust\u003c\/i\u003e captures in page-turning detail the end of the Ottoman world and a pivotal moment in Palestinian history. In the diaries of Ihsan Hasan al-Turjman (1893-1917), the first ordinary recruit to describe World War I from the Arab side, we follow the misadventures of an Ottoman soldier stationed in Jerusalem. There he occupied himself by dreaming about his future and using family connections to avoid being sent to the Suez. His diaries draw a unique picture of daily life in the besieged city, bringing into sharp focus its communitarian alleys and obliterated neighborhoods, the ongoing political debates, and, most vividly, the voices from its streets--soldiers, peddlers, prostitutes, and vagabonds. Salim Tamari's indispensable introduction places the diary in its local, regional, and imperial contexts while deftly revising conventional wisdom on the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Salim Tamari, Ihsan Salih Turjman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520287509\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520287501\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.31h x 5.46w x 0.56d","brand":"Salim Tamari","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919954641151,"sku":"9780520287501","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b04d9a55-6582-45e6-8207-a5a82bbe6444.jpg?v=1680812834","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/year-of-the-locust-salim-tamari-9780520287501","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}