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Alien Jew in the British Imagination, 1881–1905

Hannah Ewence
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      This book explores how fin de siècle Britain and Britons displaced spatially-charged apprehensions about imperial decline, urban decay and unpoliced borders onto Jews from Eastern Europe migrating westwards. The myriad of representations of the ‘alien Jew’ that emerged were the product of, but also a catalyst for, a decisive moment in Britain’s legal history: the fight for the 1905 Aliens Act. Drawing upon a richly diverse collection of social and political commentary, including fiction, political testimony, ethnography, travel writing, journalism and cartography, this volume traces the shifting rhetoric around alien Jews as they journeyed from the Russian Pale of Settlement to London’s East End. By employing a unique and innovative reading of both the aliens debate and racialized discourse concerned with ‘the Jew’, Hannah Ewence demonstrates that ideas about ‘space’ and 'place’ critically informed how migrants were viewed; an argument which remains valid in today’s world.               
      Format: Hardback CONTRIBUTORS: Hannah Ewence EAN: 9783030259754 COUNTRY: Switzerland PAGES: WEIGHT: 557 g HEIGHT: 210 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Springer Nature Switzerland AG DATE PUBLISHED: 2019-10-15 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, HISTORY / Russia / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion WIDTH: 148 cm SPINE:

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      United Kingdom, Great Britain, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Migration, immigration and emigration, Social groups: religious groups and communities, European history, Colonialism and imperialism

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      Hannah Ewence is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Chester, UK, and an Honorary Fellow of the Parkes Institute for Jewish/non-Jewish Relations at the University of Southampton, UK. She is the co-editor of three volumes in the fields of Jewish Studies and Minority History. Her most recent volume, Minorities and the First World War: From War to Peace, was published by Palgrave in 2017.
      This book explores how fin de siècle Britain and Britons displaced spatially-charged apprehensions about imperial decline, urban decay and unpoliced borders onto Jews from Eastern Europe migrating westwards. The myriad of representations of the ‘alien Jew’ that emerged were the product of, but also a catalyst for, a decisive moment in Britain’s legal history: the fight for the 1905 Aliens Act. Drawing upon a richly diverse collection of social and political commentary, including fiction, political testimony, ethnography, travel writing, journalism and cartography, this volume traces the shifting rhetoric around alien Jews as they journeyed from the Russian Pale of Settlement to London’s East End. By employing a unique and innovative reading of both the aliens debate and racialized discourse concerned with ‘the Jew’, Hannah Ewence demonstrates that ideas about ‘space’ and 'place’ critically informed how migrants were viewed; an argument which remains valid in today’s world.               
      Format: Hardback CONTRIBUTORS: Hannah Ewence EAN: 9783030259754 COUNTRY: Switzerland PAGES: WEIGHT: 557 g HEIGHT: 210 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Springer Nature Switzerland AG DATE PUBLISHED: 2019-10-15 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, HISTORY / Russia / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion WIDTH: 148 cm SPINE:

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      United Kingdom, Great Britain, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Migration, immigration and emigration, Social groups: religious groups and communities, European history, Colonialism and imperialism

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      Hannah Ewence is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Chester, UK, and an Honorary Fellow of the Parkes Institute for Jewish/non-Jewish Relations at the University of Southampton, UK. She is the co-editor of three volumes in the fields of Jewish Studies and Minority History. Her most recent volume, Minorities and the First World War: From War to Peace, was published by Palgrave in 2017.

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