Trials of the Diaspora: A History of Anti-Semitism in England

by Anthony Julius

Book Overview

A ground-breaking book that surveys the history of anti-Semitism in England. Julius sheds light on four distinct versions of English anti-Semitism: the medieval persecution of Jews; negative portrayals of Jews in English literature; the modern wave of anti-Semitism experienced by Jews during their "readmission" to England in the mid-17th century through the late 20th century; and the contemporary anti-Semitism that emerged in the late 1960s and the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199297053
• ISBN13: 9780199297054
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 870 Pages
• Weight: 3.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 9.3" x 6.6"