Boycotts Past and Present
From the American Revolution to the Campaign to Boycott Israel
Editors: Feldman, David (Ed.)
Free Preview- Situates boycotts historically to show how they have changed over time, from the late eighteenth century to the present
- Explores how such boycotts have intersected with Jewish history and the history of anti-Semitism, especially in the twentieth century
- Provides genuinely interdisciplinary insights, with perspectives from legal scholars and political scientists
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In this book historians and social scientists examine boycotts from the eighteenth century to the present day. Employed in struggles against British rule in the American colonies, against racial discrimination in the United States during the Civil Rights movement, and Apartheid in South Africa, today it is Israel that is the focus of a campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS).
Boycotts have featured in campaigns undertaken by labour, consumer and nationalist movements. Jews were the focus of some boycotts instigated by nationalist movements in Central and Eastern Europe and Jewish businesses were targeted by the National Socialist regime in Germany. In this collection, contributors explore the history of past boycott movements and examine the different narratives put forward by proponents and opponents of the current BDS movement directed against Israel: one which places the movement within a history of struggles for ‘human rights’; the other which regards BDS as the latest manifestation of an antisemitic tradition. - About the authors
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David Feldman is Director of the Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism and Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London, UK. Previous publications include Integration, Disadvantage and Extremism co-edited with Ben Gidley (2014) and Reconstruction in Europe After the Second World War (2011) co-edited with Mark Mazower and Jessica Reinisch.
- Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Boycotts: From the American Revolution to BDS
Pages 1-19
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Consumer Boycotts in Modern History: States, Moral Boundaries, and Political Action
Pages 21-39
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In Defense of the Nation: Protectionism and Boycotts in the Habsburg Lands, 1844–1914
Pages 41-52
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The Enemy Within: The Anti-Jewish Boycott and Polish Right-Wing Politics in the Early Twentieth Century
Pages 53-71
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Zionist “Buy National” Campaigns in Interwar Palestine
Pages 73-95
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Boycotts Past and Present
- Book Subtitle
- From the American Revolution to the Campaign to Boycott Israel
- Editors
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- David Feldman
- Series Title
- Palgrave Critical Studies of Antisemitism and Racism
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-94872-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-94872-0
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-94871-3
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVIII, 352
- Number of Illustrations
- 5 b/w illustrations
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