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Englishmen and Jews : Social Relations and Political Culture, 1840-1914
Englishmen and Jews Social Relations and Political Culture 1840-1914 Author:David Feldman To what extent did English society of the late nineteenth century accept or reject its Jewish minority? How did the Jews` religious, communal, and political identities develop in the context of English life? This book investigates the history of Jewish integration in Britain before World War I. and reveals that, despite legal freedoms, cultural ... more »and political antipathy to Jews was far greater than has been assumed. The book sheds new light on modern Jewish history and on class and community in pre-1914 England.« less