An East End Legacy (eBook, ePUB)

Essays in Memory of William J Fishman
Redaktion: Holmes, Colin; Kershen, Anne J

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This is a memorial volume for William J Fishman, whose book, East End 1888, was 'a picture of life among the labouring poor of East London in Victorian times'. This book discusses the main themes of Fishman's book and chart changes that have taken place over 120 years, it delves into history and analyses issues which are still relevant today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317301141
• Artikelnr.: 49041454

Autorenporträt

Colin Holmes is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Sheffield, UK. Anne J. Kershen is Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Migration, Queen Mary University of London and Honorary Senior Research Associate at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Lord Trevor Smith
Introduction
Colin Holmes and Anne J Kershen
1. From East End 1888 to East End 2008: A Journey in the Life of an Inner
London Borough
Anne J Kershen
Part 1: Politics
2. Anarchism, Jews, Relief - and Photography? Behind the Lens and behind
the Scenes, 1892-1946
Michael Berkowitz
3. The Jewish Health Organisation of Great Britain in the East End,
1923-1946
Todd Endelman
4. The East End and the Moral Foundations of Bill Fishman's Libertarian
Socialism
Wayne Parsons
Part 2: Anti-Alienism/Anti-Semitism and War
5. The Reubens Brothers: Jews, Crime and the East London Connection,
1887-1911
Colin Holmes
6. Jews and Bombs: The Making of a Metropolitan Myth, 1916-1945
Jerry White
7. Winning the Battle, But What About the War? Cable Street in Context
Daniel Tilles
Part 3: Culture and Society
8. Whitechapel's Yiddish Opera House: The Rise and Fall of the Feinman
Yiddish People's Threatre
David Mazower
9. The Metropolitan Rhythm of Street Life: A Socio-spatial Analysis of
Synagogues and Churches in Nineteenth Century Whitechapel
Laura Vaughan and Kerstin Sailer
10. Doing the East End Walk, Oi! Heritage, Ownership and Belonging
Tony Kushner
Afterword
Colin Holmes and Anne J Kershen