A History of the Jews in the English-Speaking World: Great Britain (Studies in Modern History) - Hardcover

Rubinstein, William D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0333558332 ISBN 13: 9780333558331

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1995

Synopsis

Anglo-Jewry in contemporary Britain is widely seen as the most successful and influential minority community. This wide-ranging and controversial history of the British Jews is the first scholarly book to survey the whole of Anglo-Jewish history from medieval times to the present and to interpret this in the wider context of Jewish life throughout the English- speaking world.

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Review

'This book is remarkably stimulating, illuminating,and iconoclastic.' - Frederick M. Schweitzer, American Historical Review

'A very considerable contribution to our understanding of this field.' - Professor David Patterson, Emeritus President, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies

Synopsis

`A very considerable contribution to our understanding of this field.' - Professor David Patterson, Emeritus President, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies Anglo-Jewry in contemporary Britain is widely seen as the most successful and influential minority community. This wide-ranging and controversial history of the British Jews is the first scholarly book to survey the whole of Anglo-Jewish history from medieval times to the present and to interpret this in the wider context of Jewish life throughout the English- speaking world.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333558332
• ISBN 13: 9780333558331
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 547