{"product_id":"sport-and-british-jewry-integration-ethnicity-and-antisemitism-18901970-9780719096570","title":"Sport and British Jewry Integration Ethnicity and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSport and British Jewry provides the first wide-ranging examination of the importance of sport in the history of the British-Jewish community. Covering the period from 1890 through to 1970, it examines the peak era of Jewish involvement and interest in sport and physical recreation in Britain in recent times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an important piece of social and cultural history and of interest to anyone interested in British identity, Jewish studies, sports studies and the role of ethnicity and racism in the modern world. The ground covered is impressive – it reflects both the world of immigrant and elite British Jewry and responses to the Jews from all layers of British society. The remarkable stories of Harold Abrahams and other Jewish sporting heroes are juxtaposed with ordinary experiences in the setting of a world of golf club and other prejudices. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Dee’s engaging Sport and British Jewry: Integration, ethnicity and anti-Semitism, 1890–1970 is the best and clearest account of one of the missing links in the history of British Jewry, the role that Jews, like other minorities, played in the history of sport.  More than in any other nation Britain is the home of sport as a civilizing factor (from football to rugby to boxing to racing) and  the importance of Jews in the sporting world from Victoria to Elizabeth II is explored in Dee’s detailed and readable book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Dee has written a remarkable book about a fascinating subject. For too long scholars and the public alike have simply dismissed the notion of 'Jews and sport in the UK' as an oxymoron. Dee shows, with depth and insight, how significant and complicated this phenomenon was, and his study brilliantly illuminates Anglo-Jewry in a refreshing light.\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003ePART I – Integration and ‘Anglicisation'\u003cbr\u003eI. ‘Anglicisation’ through sport: The Jewish youth movement, 1895-1914\u003cbr\u003eII. Competitive sport and immigrant integration, 1899-1939\u003cbr\u003eIII. ‘Too Semitic’ or ‘thoroughly Anglicised’? The life and career of Harold Abrahams\u003cbr\u003ePART II – Religion and Ethnicity\u003cbr\u003eI. ‘All on the side of the more athletic form of Sabbatarianism’ - Physical recreation and the Jewish Sabbath\u003cbr\u003eII. The ‘new’ golden age of Jewish professional boxing\u003cbr\u003eIII. Creating a ‘new Jew’? Sport and Maccabi Great Britain, 1934-1970\u003cbr\u003ePART III – Anti-Semitism\u003cbr\u003eI. The British Union of Fascists and the ‘sporting Jew’, 1935-1939\u003cbr\u003eII. ‘There is no discrimination here, but the committee never elects Jews’: anti-Semitism and Golf\u003cbr\u003eIII. Kicking discrimination into touch? Sport as a response to anti-Semitism\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\t\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037352984919,"sku":"9780719096570","price":23.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sport-and-british-jewry-integration-ethnicity-and-antisemitism-18901970-9780719096570","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}