Continental Britons

Author : Marion Berghahn
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 1845450906

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Continental Britons by Marion Berghahn Pdf

"...a scholarly yet readable book...pioneering work" Journal of Jewish Studies Based on numerous in-depth and personal interviews with members of three generations, this is the first comprehensive study of German-Jewish refugees who came to England in the 1930s. The author addresses questions such as perceptions of Germany and Britain and attitudes towards Judaism. On the basis of many case studies, the author shows how the refugees adjusted, often amazingly successfully, to their situation in Britain. While exploring the process of acculturation of the German-Jews in Britain, the author challenges received ideas about the process of Jewish assimilation in general, and that of the Jews in Germany in particular, and offers a new interpretation in the light of her own empirical data and of current anthropological theory. Marion Berghahn, Independent Scholar and Publisher, studied American Studies, Romance Languages and Philosophy at the universities of Hamburg, Freiburg and Paris. These subjects, together with history, later on formed the basis of her scholarly publishing program.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Literature
ISBN : CORNELL:31924106764578

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American Notes and Queries by Anonim Pdf

Author : Christopher Breward,Fiona Fisher,Ghislaine Wood
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-22
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781474256223

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British Design by Christopher Breward,Fiona Fisher,Ghislaine Wood Pdf

British Design brings together leading international scholars, designers and journalists to provide new perspectives on British design in the last sixty years, and how it at once looked back to the past with the continuation of traditions that spoke to Britain's design heritage, and looked forwards with the embrace of modernist and postmodernist style. The book responds to and develops new ways of understanding the recent history of design in Britain, with case studies on designed spaces and objects, including domestic interiors, retail spaces, schools and university buildings and transport. The contributors address significant moments and phenomena in the historical and social history of British design, from the rise and fall of the English Country House style and the Brutalist architectural boom of the 1960s to the modern shopping space, and consider the work of key contemporary designers ranging from Tommy Roberts to Thomas Heatherwick. British Design provides new criticism and analysis on how design, from the immediate post-war period to the present day, has developed and changed how we live and how we interact with the spaces in which we live. British Design is split into 13 chapters and is richly illustrated with 65 images, 16 of which are in full colour.

Author : Stephen Conway
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198808701

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Britannia's Auxiliaries by Stephen Conway Pdf

How did continental Europeans contribute to the eighteenth-century British Empire? Stephen Conway observes how European settlers, soldiers, scientists, sailors, clergymen, merchants, and technical experts contributed to the British Empire, and how they were shaped by imperial direction and control

Author : Stephan E. C. Wendehorst
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191617102

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British Jewry, Zionism, and the Jewish State, 1936-1956 by Stephan E. C. Wendehorst Pdf

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. He attempts to provide an answer to what, at first sight, appears to be a contradiction: the undoubted prominence of Zionism among British Jews on the one hand, and its diverse expressions, ranging from aliyah to making a donation to a Zionist fund, on the other. Wendehorst argues that the ascendancy of Zionism in British Jewry is best understood as a particularly complex, but not untypical, variant of the 19th and 20th century's trend to re-imagine communities in a national key. He examines the relationship between British Jewry and Zionism on three levels: the transnational Jewish sphere of interaction, the British Jewish community, and the place of the Jewish community in British state and society. The introduction adapts theories of nationalism so as to provide a framework of analysis for Diaspora Zionism. Chapter one addresses the question of why British Jews became Zionists, chapter two how the various quarters of British Jewry related to the Zionist project in the Middle East, chapter three Zionist nation-building in Britain and chapter four the impact of Zionism on Jewish relations with the larger society. The conclusion modifies the original argument by emphasising the impact that the specific fabric of British state and society, in particular the Empire, had on British Zionism.

Author : Astrid Zajdband
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110471717

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German Rabbis in British Exile by Astrid Zajdband Pdf

The rich history of the German rabbinate came to an abrupt halt with the November Pogrom of 1938. The need to leave Germany became clear and many rabbis made use of the visas they had been offered. Their resettlement in Britain was hampered by additional obstacles such as internment, deportation, enlistment in the Pioneer Corps. But rabbis still attempted to support their fellow refugees with spiritual and pastoral care. The refugee rabbis replanted the seed of the once proud German Judaism into British soil. New synagogues were founded and institutions of Jewish learning sprung up, like rabbinic training and the continuation of “Wissenschaft des Judentums.” The arrival of Leo Baeck professionalized these efforts and resulted in the foundation of the Leo Baeck College in London. Refugee rabbis now settled and obtained pulpits in the many newly founded synagogues. Their arrival in Britain was the catalyst for much change in British Judaism, an influence that can still be felt today.

Author : Bea Lewkowicz,Anthony Grenville
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004472891

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Émigré Voices by Bea Lewkowicz,Anthony Grenville Pdf

In Émigré Voices Lewkowicz and Grenville present twelve oral history interviews with men and women who came to Britain as Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria in the late 1930s, many of whom known for their enormous contributions to British culture.

Author : Lori Gemeiner Bihler
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781438468877

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Cities of Refuge by Lori Gemeiner Bihler Pdf

Contrasts the experiences of German Jewish refugees from the Holocaust who fled to London and New York City. In the years following Hitler’s rise to power, German Jews faced increasingly restrictive antisemitic laws, and many responded by fleeing to more tolerant countries. Cities of Refuge compares the experiences of Jewish refugees who immigrated to London and New York City by analyzing letters, diaries, newspapers, organizational documents, and oral histories. Lori Gemeiner Bihler examines institutions, neighborhoods, employment, language use, name changes, dress, family dynamics, and domestic life in these two cities to determine why immigrants in London adopted local customs more quickly than those in New York City, yet identified less as British than their counterparts in the United States did as American. By highlighting a disparity between integration and identity formation, Bihler challenges traditional theories of assimilation and provides a new framework for the study of refugees and migration. “This is the first comprehensive comparative study of German Jewish immigration during the period of National Socialism. Comparing German Jews who fled their homeland and resettled in London with those who resettled in New York City, Bihler carefully documents the distinct structural conditions each group encountered and consequently the divergent lives the two immigrant groups led. Bihler’s numerous significant insights would be unattainable without her intellectual commitment to rigorous comparative study.” — Judith M. Gerson, coeditor of Sociology Confronts the Holocaust: Memories and Identities in Jewish Diasporas

Author : Eli Lederhendler
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199793495

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Ethnicity and Beyond by Eli Lederhendler Pdf

Volume 25 of the annual Studies in Contemporary Jewry examines new understandings of ethnicity when applied to the Jewish people.

Author : Caroline Brett,Fiona Edmonds,Paul Russell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108486514

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Brittany and the Atlantic Archipelago, 450–1200 by Caroline Brett,Fiona Edmonds,Paul Russell Pdf

"Brittany is rich in arch ...

Author : Norris J. Lacy,James J. Wilhelm
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317341833

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The Romance of Arthur by Norris J. Lacy,James J. Wilhelm Pdf

The Romance of Arthur, James J. Wilhelm’s classic anthology of Arthurian literature, is an essential text for students of the medieval Romance tradition. This fully updated third edition presents a comprehensive reader, mapping the course of Arthurian literature, and is expanded to cover: key authors such as Chrétien de Troyes and Thomas of Britain, as well as Arthurian texts by women and more obscure sources for Arthurian romance extensive coverage of key themes and characters in the tradition a wide geographical range of texts including translations from Latin, French, German, Spanish, Welsh, Middle English, and Italian sources a broad chronological range of texts, encompassing nearly a thousand years of Arthurian romance. Norris J. Lacy builds on the book’s source material, presenting readers with a clear introduction to many accessible modern-spelling versions of Arthurian texts. The extracts are presented in a new reader-friendly format with detailed suggestions for further reading and illustrations of key places, figures, and scenes. The Romance of Arthur provides an excellent introduction and an extensive resource for both students and scholars of Arthurian literature.

Author : Richard Bolchover
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1993-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 0521432340

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British Jewry and the Holocaust by Richard Bolchover Pdf

The first book to examine the response of the British Jewish community to the destruction of the European Jewish community during World War II. The author charts the response of Jews and their organisations to the unfolding tragedy of Europe's Jews raising controversial questions about the Anglo-Jewish community's priorities and organisation.

Author : Marion Berghahn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Germany
ISBN : UOM:39015012840297

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German-Jewish Refugees in England by Marion Berghahn Pdf

A discussion on German-Jewish identity, based on interviews with German and Austrian Jewish refugees who emigrated to England in the 1930s. Ch. 1 (pp. 21-46) discusses the emancipation period and mentions the problem of antisemitism and its place in German culture. Ch. 3 (pp. 47-74) describes the Nazi period. Personal encounters with antisemitism show that, for many, the 1920s were worse than the 1930s, and Austria worse than Germany. For antisemitism in Britain, see the index.

Author : Maxine S. Seller
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2001-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313075711

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We Built Up Our Lives by Maxine S. Seller Pdf

Fearing an imminent Nazi invasion, the British government interned 28,000 men and women of enemy nationality living in Britain in the spring of 1940. Most were Jewish refugees who, having fled Nazi persecution, were appalled to find themselves imprisoned as potential Nazi spies. Using oral histories, unpublished letters and memoirs, artifacts and newspapers from the camps, and government documents, We Built Up Our Lives tells the compelling story of sixty-three of these internees. It is a seldom-told part of the history of World War II and the Holocaust and a classic tale of human courage and resilience. We Built Up Our Lives describes the survival mechanisms relied upon by the Jewish refugees. Although the internees, imprisoned in Britain, the Isle of Man, Canada, and Australia, were adequately housed and fed and rarely mistreated, they were cut off from family, friends, school, and work--everything that had given meaning to their lives. Resisting boredom, anger, and despair, the internees made the best of a bad situation by creating education, culture, and community within the camps. Before and after as well as during the internment--in Nazi Germany and in Britain--educational resources and social networks were essential to the refugees' efforts to build up their lives. Equally important were personal qualities of courage, ingenuity, assertiveness, and resilience.

Author : Madelyn Travis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781136222047

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Jews and Jewishness in British Children's Literature by Madelyn Travis Pdf

In a period of ongoing debate about faith, identity, migration and culture, this timely study explores the often politicised nature of constructions of one of Britain’s longest standing minority communities. Representations in children’s literature influenced by the impact of the Enlightenment, the Empire, the Holocaust and 9/11 reveal an ongoing concern with establishing, maintaining or problematising the boundaries between Jews and Gentiles. Chapters on gender, refugees, multiculturalism and historical fiction argue that literature for young people demonstrates that the position of Jews in Britain has been ambivalent, and that this ambivalence has persisted to a surprising degree in view of the dramatic socio-cultural changes that have taken place over two centuries. Wide-ranging in scope and interdisciplinary in approach, Jews and Jewishness in British Children’s Literature discusses over one hundred texts ranging from picture books to young adult fiction and realism to fantasy. Madelyn Travis examines rare eighteenth- and nineteenth-century material plus works by authors including Maria Edgeworth, E. Nesbit, Rudyard Kipling, Richmal Crompton, Lynne Reid Banks, Michael Rosen and others. The study also draws on Travis’s previously unpublished interviews with authors including Adele Geras, Eva Ibbotson, Ann Jungman and Judith Kerr.