The Palgrave Handbook of Women and Gender in Twentieth-Century Russia and the Soviet Union: 2017

2017 | Gender Studies

This book is the first comprehensive examination of social and generational change within interwar British Jewry. It probes the notion - widely articulated by Jewish communal leaders at this time - that the children of pre-World War One Jewish immigrants to Britain from Russia and Eastern Europe had 'estranged' themselves from their Jewishness, Jewish elders and peers and were fast assimilating into the British mainstream. The volume analyses the second generation's developing outlooks and behavioural trends in the home and family sphere, education and work, religion, politics and sport and recreation, tracing the changes and continuities present in these environments. As a whole, The 'Estranged' Generation? sheds light on the varied ways in which this group developed new identities that both drew from and reflected their Jewish and British heritage. David Dee brings together the results of comprehensive and innovative research in this study of British Jewish society in the interwar period. The coverage and dynamic narrative and analysis makes The 'Estranged' Generation? appealing to a broad readership, ranging from those academics and students interested in the History of British Jewry and of immigration/ethnicity in Britain, to the general reader.

Melanie Ilic (Author)