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Jews and Other Foreigners
William Williams
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Description for Jews and Other Foreigners
Hardback. Drawing on a wide range documentary and oral sources, including interviews with refugees, this book explores the responses in Manchester to those threatened by the rise of Fascism in Europe. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJG; 3JJH; JFFD; JFSR1; JPFQ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 820.
Drawing on a wide range documentary and oral sources, including interviews with refugees, this book explores the responses in Manchester to those threatened by the rise of Fascism in Europe. By exploring the responses of particular segments of Manchester society, from Jewish communal organisations and the Zionist movement to the Christian churches, pacifist organisations and private charities, it offers a critical analysis of the factors which facilitated and limited the work of rescue and their effect on the lives of the seven or eight thousand refugees - Spanish, Italian, German, Austrian and Czech - who arrived in Manchester between ... Read more
Drawing on a wide range documentary and oral sources, including interviews with refugees, this book explores the responses in Manchester to those threatened by the rise of Fascism in Europe. By exploring the responses of particular segments of Manchester society, from Jewish communal organisations and the Zionist movement to the Christian churches, pacifist organisations and private charities, it offers a critical analysis of the factors which facilitated and limited the work of rescue and their effect on the lives of the seven or eight thousand refugees - Spanish, Italian, German, Austrian and Czech - who arrived in Manchester between ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719085499
SKU
V9780719085499
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About William Williams
Bill Williams is an Honorary Fellow of the Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Manchester -- .
Reviews for Jews and Other Foreigners
The distinctiveness of this work is indisputable and it sets the standard for a new kind of micro-historical approach to the subject. Jennifer Craig-Norton, Reviews in History, 01/03/2012 The book is distinguished by the exemplary thoroughness of its research. Williams displays a remarkable knowledge of Manchester Jewry, its communal institutions and organisations, its personalities, places of worship and, not ... Read more