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Jews and Other Foreigners
Williams, William; Williams, Bill
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Description for Jews and Other Foreigners
Paperback. 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, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJG; 3JJH; JFFD; JFSL; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 636.
Drawing on a wide range of 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 ... Read more
Drawing on a wide range of 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719089954
SKU
V9780719089954
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99-15
About Williams, William; Williams, Bill
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, December 2012 'This remarkable and important book is a major contribution to our knowledge' Alan Crosby, Northern History, September 2012 Short-listed for 2012 The Portico Prize for Non Fiction The ... Read more