The Accusation by Edward Berenson
A fascinating investigation of Americas only alleged case of blood libel and what it reveals about anti-Semitism in the United States and Europe.
"Two powerful new books show that anti-Semitism acknowledges no time limits and recognises no bordersEdward Berenson’s The Accusation: Blood Libel in an American Town is a warning against complacency." -- Jim Crace, Books of the Year 2019 - New Statesman
"Berenson’s skill in this eye-opening and timely book includes weaving into this local story the larger history of the European blood libel, and how it migrated into the New World — in the 1920s it was rife in Montreal." -- Howard Cooper, Year in Review: Books in 2019 - The Jewish Chronicle
"He [Berenson] offers a vivid picture of early twentieth-century America, a time of lynch mobs, urban riots and intolerance towards Jews, Catholics, African Americans and immigrants...The Accusation is part of a fascinating new wave of the social history of modern antisemitism." -- Times Literary Supplement
"Berenson’s skill in this eye-opening and timely book includes weaving into this local story the larger history of the European blood libel, and how it migrated into the New World — in the 1920s it was rife in Montreal." -- Howard Cooper, Year in Review: Books in 2019 - The Jewish Chronicle
"He [Berenson] offers a vivid picture of early twentieth-century America, a time of lynch mobs, urban riots and intolerance towards Jews, Catholics, African Americans and immigrants...The Accusation is part of a fascinating new wave of the social history of modern antisemitism." -- Times Literary Supplement
Edward Berenson is a professor of history at New York University. He is the author of Europe in the Modern World and The Statue of Liberty: A Transatlantic Story. He lives in Tarrytown, New York, with his wife, Catherine Johnson.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393249422 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393249425 |
| Title | The Accusation |
| Author | Edward Berenson |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2019-10-14 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
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