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Leeds and its Jewish community : a history /

The book provides a comprehensive history of the third-largest Jewish community in Britain and fills an acknowledged gap in both Jewish and urban historiography. Bringing together the latest research and building on earlier local studies, the book provides an analysis of the special features which s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Fraser, Derek (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, [2019]
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • Notes on contributors
  • Preface
  • List of abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Part I: The context
  • 1 National: Jews in Britain: an historical overview / Geoffrey Alderman
  • 2 Local: Leeds in the age of great cities / Derek Fraser
  • 3 Demographic: The Jewish population of Leeds: how many Jews? / Nigel Grizzard
  • Part II: The chronology
  • 4 Jews as Yorkshiremen: Jewish identity in late-Victorian Leeds / James Appell
  • 5 Britishness and Jewishness: integration and separation / Aaron Kent
  • 6 Pragmatism or politics: Leeds Jewish tailors and Leeds Jewish tailoring trade unions, 1876-1915 / Anne J. Kershen
  • 7 The Edwardian Jewish community and the First World War / Nigel Grizzard
  • 8 Zionism in Leeds 1892-1939 / Janet Douglas
  • 9 The unwalled ghetto: mobility and anti-semitism in the interwar period / Amanda Bergen
  • 10 The Second World War / Ian Vellins
  • Part III: The contours of the Leeds Jewish community / 11 Jewish heritage in Leeds / Sharman Kadish
  • 12 Fellowship and philanthropy / Derek Fraser
  • 13 At rest and play: leisure and sporting activities / Phil Goldstone
  • 14 The influence of personalities / Michael Meadowcroft
  • 15 Spaces of Jewish belonging
  • Irina Kudenko
  • 16 The community today and its recent history
  • Derek Fraser
  • Index.