Overview
- Summary
- Examines the largely ambivalent attitudes towards Jews evinced by the general populace and the government in Britain. Analyzes the hostility that did occur in the context of a society undergoing profound social, economic, and political change. States that the clearest features of modern British antisemitism are that Jews are perceived firstly as a foreign group and secondly as a malevolent power in society. Discusses British fascist organizations, the strongest of which was the British Union of Fascists led by Oswald Mosley; the evacuation experiences of London's Jews; the extent of the debate on the "Jewish question" in all levels of society; widespread economic and social prejudices; the negative images of the Jew; the attitudes of the government, which refused to admit the existence of antisemitism and denied that the Jews were a separate entity; and the response of pro-Jewish or anti-antisemitic forces. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism).
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York, NY, USA : Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, ©1989
- Locale
- Great Britain
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-248) and index.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 0719028965
9780719028960 - Physical Description
- ix, 257 pages ; 23 cm
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