1st Edition

Anti-Semitism in British Society, 1876-1939

By Colin Holmes Copyright 1979
338 Pages
by Routledge

338 Pages
by Routledge

338 Pages
by Routledge

This is the first detailed study of anti-semitism, as an ideology, among the British. First published in 1979, it concentrates on the crucial period between 1876 and 1939 when, against a background of Jewish immigration, war or the threat of war, and social and economic unrest, hostility towards the Jewish community reached its peak. Colin Holmes identifies the main strands of anti-semitic... Read more

1. Background  2. A Nation within a Nation?  3. The Health and Morals of the Nation  4. Dark Legends  5. Our New Masters?  6. Movements and Measures against Jews  7. Anti-Semitism and Society  8. Anti-Semitism in the First World War  9. The Protocols and the Britons  10. Other Anti-Semitic Worlds  11. The BUF and Anti-Semitism  12. Attack and Counter-Attack  13. Anti-Semitism and Society, 1919-39  14. The Balance Sheet

Biography

Colin Holmes