Fascism and fascists in Britain in the 1930s: A case study of Fascism in the North of England in a period of economic and political change.

Description

The thesis is comprised of four parts. The first, consisting of two
chapters, challenges some generally accepted views about the 1930's as
a whole and emphasises the change in political consciousness that
occurred in the minds of ordinary people. The ideology of the B. U. F.
is analysed in the context of the decade.
The second part, consisting of five chapters, provides a detailed history
of the B. U. F. in the North of England from the days of its precursor, the
New Party, to the detention of the leading B. U. F. members in 1940-
Much of the history of the movement is concerned with Manchester though
attention is also paid to other areas in the North of England. The 1938
Manchester municipal elections also receive attention, because of the
campaigns waged by the B. U. F. candidates. This is the first major
regional study of the B. U. F.
The third part deals with the ordinary membership of the B. U. F. in the
North of England. The two chapters in this section assess previous
judgements regarding B. U. P. membership and make use of interviews and
unpublished manuscripts to provide the most detailed analysis of the
membership of a British Pascist party.
The final part of the thesis consistsq firstlyq of a detailed account of
the reaction of the Jewish community, both nationally and in-thrighesterg to
the anti-Semitism of the B. U. P., and, secondly, the attitude of the police,
judiciary, local authorities and the government to the rise of the
British Union of Fascists.

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1. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/3578

Tags

British Union of Fascists

North of England

Fascism

Anti-semitism

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/3578
Date	January 1981
Creators	Rawnsley, Stuart J.
Contributors	Not named
Publisher	University of Bradford, Postgraduate School of Studies in Social Sciences
Source Sets	Bradford Scholars
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Thesis, doctoral, PhD
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