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Traditions of intolerance: Historical Perspectives on Fascism and Race Discourse in Britain is a book edited by Tony Kushner and Kenneth Lunn. It presented the newest research into antisemitism, racism, and fascism in British society.

It is a selection of papers from an academic conference organised jointly by the University of Southampton and Portsmouth Polytechnic in Southampton, England, in September 1987. A conference organised to address the new research opportunities opened up by the release of government records referred to as the ' Mosley Papers'.

It was published in 1989 by Manchester University Press as 245-page hardcover ( ISBN  0-7190-2898-1). It was distributed in the United States and Canada by St. Martin's Press.

Contents

Part Chapter Author Subjects
Acknowledgements
List of contributors
Introduction Tony Kushner and Kenneth Lunn
Part 1: Fascism, racism and culture 1: Jewish stereotyping and English literature, 1875–1920 : Towards a political analysis Bryan Cheyette
2: Imperial decline and the resurgence of English national identity, 1918–1979 Paul Rich
3: Jewish responses to political antisemitism and fascism in the East End of London, 1920–1939 Elaine R. Smith
4: The paradox of prejudice : the impact of organised antisemitism in Britain during an anti- Nazi war Tony Kushner
5: Racial attacks : the persistence of racial vigilantism in British cities Christopher T. Husbands
Part 2: Fascism in action, fascism and the State 6: Joynson-Hicks and the radical right in England after the First World War David Cesarani
7: The ideology and impact of the British fascists in the 1920s Kenneth Lunn
8: Intolerance and discretion : Conservatives and British fascism, 1918–1926 G.C. Webber
9: The "Mosley Papers" and the secret history of British fascism, 1939–1940 Richard Thurlow
10: Alexander Ratcliffe : militant Protestant and antisemite Colin Holmes
11: Fascism and political racism in post-war Britain Roger Eatwell
Index