| Boycotts Past and Present: From the American Revolution to the Campaign to Boycott Israel 2019 Edition Contributor(s): Feldman, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3319948717 ISBN-13: 9783319948713 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $34.19 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - Political Science | World - Middle Eastern |
| Dewey: 201.7 |
| Series: Palgrave Critical Studies of Antisemitism and Racism |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.98 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
