ISBN:
9781472510570
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (273 p)
Series Statement:
A Modern History of Politics and Violence
Parallel Title:
Print version British Fascist Antisemitism and Jewish Responses, 1932-40
DDC:
305.892/404109043
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This book explores the use of antisemitism by Britain's interwar fascists and the ways in which the country's Jews reacted to this, examining the two alongside one another for the first time and locating both within the broader context of contemporary events in Europe. Daniel Tilles challenges existing conceptions of the antisemitism of Britain's foremost fascist organisation, the British Union of Fascists. He demonstrates that it was a far more central aspect of the party's thought than has previously been assumed. This, in turn, will be shown to be characteristic of the wider relationship b
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; General Introduction; The BUF and antisemitism; Anti-fascism and Anglo-Jewry; Part One British Fascist Antisemitism; 1 Introduction; British antisemitism; Fascism and antisemitism; BUF antisemitism; 2 The Evolution of Anti-Jewish Discourse; The use of quantitative analysis; The five phases of anti-Jewish discourse; 3 Cleansing the Nation: Antisemitism and Ideology; Fascist antisemitism or 'fascistized' antisemitism: The genealogy of the BUF's anti-Jewish thought; 4 Mosley, Fascism and Antisemitism
Description / Table of Contents:
Part Two Jewish Responses to British Fascism5 Introduction; 6 Early Responses to the BUF, 1932-5; First reactions; Disruptive anti-fascism; Jews and political organizations; A 'phoney war'; The beginning of the East End campaign; 7 The Defence Debate, 1936; Communal divisions; The establishment of the Co-ordinating Committee; The establishment of the Jewish People's Council and the Battle of Cable Street; 8 Communal Convergence, 1937-40; Early relations between the Board of Deputies and the JPC; The Board's anti-fascist campaign; Laski's defence alliance
Description / Table of Contents:
The communal elites and Jewish defenceConclusion; Appendix One Data Collection Methodology for Newspaper Analysis; Appendix Two Additional Graphs; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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