Stephan E C Wendehorst

British Jewry, Zionism, and the Jewish State, 1936-1956

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Produktbeschreibung

Stephan E. C. Wendehorst explores the relationship between British Jewry and Zionism from 1936 to 1956, a crucial period in modern Jewish history, encompassing both the shoah and the establishment of the State of Israel.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9780199265305
• ISBN-10: 0199265305
• Artikelnr.: 33252850

Autorenporträt

Stephan Wendehorst was educated at the universities of Munich and Oxford. After a spell as deputy director of the Simon-Dubnow-Institute for Jewish History and Culture at Leipzig University, his main areas of research are now comparative imperial history, the history of the Holy Roman Empire, and the status of Jewish communities in European ecclesiastical public law. At present Stephan Wendehorst coordinates the research cluster The Jewish Holy Roman Empire - Jewish Spaces as Spaces "In Between" in a Polycentric Political, Legal and Social Order. He teaches early modern history at the Justus-Liebig-University Gießen as well legal and modern British history at Vienna University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: On questions, methodological approaches and sources
1: The mechanics of British Zionism
2: British Jewry and Zionist state and nation building
3: The conquest of the community: The Zionization of British Jewry
4: British Jewry, Zionism and the British polity
Conclusion: Zionism in Britain - a Jewish identity between Britishness and supplemental diaspora nationalism
Appendices
Bibliography
Glossary
Index