Today e-mail, Facebook, and Twitter are sometimes used to spread hateful messages and slurs masking as humor. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries postcards served this purpose. The images collected in this volume make it painfully clear that anti-Semitic propaganda did not simply begin with the Nazis. Nor was it the sole province of politicians, journalists, and rabble-rousers. One of the most virulent forms of anti-Semitism during this time was spread by quite ordinary people through postcards. Of the millions of postcards exchanged during their heyday of 1890 through 1920, a considerable percentage carried the anti-Semitic images that publishers churned out to meet public demand, reflecting deep-seated attitudes of society.
Over 250 examples of such postcards, largely from the pre-Holocaust era, are reproduced here for the first time—selected, translated, and historically contextualized by one of the world’s foremost postcard collectors. Although representing but a small sample of the many thousands that were in print, these examples nonetheless offer a disturbing glimpse—one shocking to the modern sensibility—into the many permutations of anti-Semitism eagerly circulated by millions of people. In so doing, they help us to better understand a phenomenon still pervasive today.
See links about this book:
Hatemail Book Website
Jewish Book Council
Nebraska Press
Jewish Publication Society
Tablet Magazine
Over 250 examples of such postcards, largely from the pre-Holocaust era, are reproduced here for the first time—selected, translated, and historically contextualized by one of the world’s foremost postcard collectors. Although representing but a small sample of the many thousands that were in print, these examples nonetheless offer a disturbing glimpse—one shocking to the modern sensibility—into the many permutations of anti-Semitism eagerly circulated by millions of people. In so doing, they help us to better understand a phenomenon still pervasive today.
See links about this book:
Hatemail Book Website
Jewish Book Council
Nebraska Press
Jewish Publication Society
Tablet Magazine
Postcards from the Holy Land: A Pictorial History of the Ottoman Era 1880-1918
Postcards from the Holy Land is a unique book which offers a detailed history of the Holy Land (Israel / Palestine) during the late Ottoman era using original picture postcards as a guide. This 385 page, 8 1/2 x 11 all color book features over 400 stunning images from the 1880-1918 period. The chapters of the book are as follows: Introduction, A Brief History of Ottoman Palestine, Jerusalem, Village Life, The Main Towns, Christians, Jews, Muslims, Transportation, Jewish Colonies, Templer Colonies, The Kaiser's Visit, Pilgrims, Tourists and Visitors, World War I, and an Appendix answering the question "What is Palestine?"
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Book Website
Amazon
See links about this book:
Book Website
Amazon
