London Jewry and London Politics 1889-1986

Geoffrey Alderman

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781032407524
• eBook ISBN: 9781000816983
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Modern British History
• Index: History

First Published in 1989 London Jewry and London Politics 1889-1986 is a study of the relationship between the London Jewish community, the London County Council, and the Greater London Council. Geoffrey Alderman draws on a wealth of primary and secondary material to illuminate a dialogue that began, a hundred years ago, in a mood of great optimism and co-operation, but which ended, in the early 1980s, in a welter of insults and antagonisms. Alderman adopts a chronological approach, looking first at the Jewish involvement in London government prior to the establishment of the London County Council in 1889. He then analyses the contribution made by London Jewry to the periods of progressive control and conservative rule. With the arrival of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe the nature of the Jewish electorate underwent considerable change and Alderman describes how the government exploited prejudice against the Jewish community causing LCC to adopt blatantly antisemitic policies. The Labour victory of 1934 was in part due to the Jewish vote, but the period of Labour rule was a disappointment and an anticlimax. This illuminating account of hundred years is an essential read for scholars and researchers of British history.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Original Title
• Original Copyright
• CONTENTS
• Preface
• 1 LONDON JEWRY AND LONDON GOVERNMENT BEFORE 1889
• 2 LONDON JEWRY IN THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
• 3 MUNICIPAL REACTION AND THE RISE OF LABOUR
• 4 COUNTY HALL UNDER LABOUR: A FRIENDSHIP UNFULFILLED
• 5 DESCENT INTO WAR
• CONCLUSION
• Notes
• Appendix : Jews elected to the London County Council Jews elected to the Greater London Council
• Index