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The persistence of prejudice : antisemitism in British society during the Second World War

Title: The persistence of prejudice : antisemitism in British society during the Second World War / Tony Kushner.
Author: Kushner, Tony (Antony Robin Jeremy)
Publication: Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York, NY, USA : Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, ©1989.

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Description

ix, 257 pages; 23 cm

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.

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History

Note

Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. [244]-248.

ISBN

0719028965
9780719028960

LCCN

88016842

OCLC

ocm18015885
18015885
SCSB-14422684

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Princeton University Library