Jews in Twentieth-Century Ireland: Refugees, Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust Tapa dura - 1998

1998. Cork, Ireland, Cork University Press, 1998. 24 cm. XV, 336 pages. Map and table illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. With several newspaper-clippings related to the topic. Winner of the 1999 James S. Donnelly Sr. Prize awarded by American Conference for Irish Studies (ACIS). Based on extensive research in family and state archives in Ireland, England, and the United States, Professor Keogh studies the influx which followed the Russian pogroms and the establishment of enlarged Jewish communities in Dublin, Belfast, and Cork. The author contrasts the general rise of anti-Semitism and the background to the Limerick pogrom of 1904, with the world of Dublin Jews as personified by James Joyce's "Leopold Bloom", and the contribution of the community to the professional, academic, social, and political life of the country.The book focuses on the relationship between the Jewish community and the Irish State under William T. Cosgave in… Leer más

1998. Cork, Ireland, Cork University Press, 1998. 24 cm. XV, 336 pages. Map and table illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Winner of the 1999 James S. Donnelly Sr. Prize awarded by American Conference for Irish Studies (ACIS). Based on extensive research in family and state archives in Ireland, England, and the United States, Professor Keogh studies the influx which followed the Russian pogroms and the establishment of enlarged Jewish communities in Dublin, Belfast, and Cork. The author contrasts the general rise of anti-Semitism and the background to the Limerick pogrom of 1904, with the world of Dublin Jews as personified by James Joyce's "Leopold Bloom", and the contribution of the community to the professional, academic, social, and political life of the country.The book focuses on the relationship between the Jewish community and the Irish State under William T. Cosgave in the 1920's, and Eamon de Valera between 1932 and 1948.… Leer más