Neither Toleration Nor Favour: The Australian Chapter Of Jewish Emancipation
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In the sunburned colony of nineteenth-century Australia, a quiet but consequential revolution was unfolding — the hard-won struggle of Jewish settlers for legal equality and civic recognition. Neither Toleration nor Favour: The Australian Chapter of Jewish Emancipation chronicles the remarkable and largely overlooked story of how Jewish communities in colonial Australia fought for, and ultimately secured, full emancipation at a time when their counterparts in Britain and Europe were still locked in bitter political battles. Israel Getzler, Professor of History at La Trobe University, Melbourne, presents a meticulously researched account that situates Australia as a unique and progressive chapter in the broader global narrative of Jewish civil rights. Getzler argues that Australia's colonial legal and political framework, paradoxically unburdened by the deep-rooted ecclesiastical traditions of the Old World, created an environment where Jewish emancipation was achieved with remarkable swiftness and relative consensus. Drawing on archival sources and a commanding grasp of colonial social history, Getzler illustrates the interplay between liberal idealism, pragmatic frontier politics, and the determined agency of Jewish settlers themselves. Written with scholarly precision and a profound respect for the individuals whose lives shaped this history, this work raises an enduring question: what does Australia's early embrace of Jewish civic equality reveal about the true character of its founding ideals?
Author: Israel Getzler
Format: Hardback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
In the sunburned colony of nineteenth-century Australia, a quiet but consequential revolution was unfolding — the hard-won struggle of Jewish settlers for legal equality and civic recognition. Neither Toleration nor Favour: The Australian Chapter of Jewish Emancipation chronicles the remarkable and largely overlooked story of how Jewish communities in colonial Australia fought for, and ultimately secured, full emancipation at a time when their counterparts in Britain and Europe were still locked in bitter political battles. Israel Getzler, Professor of History at La Trobe University, Melbourne, presents a meticulously researched account that situates Australia as a unique and progressive chapter in the broader global narrative of Jewish civil rights. Getzler argues that Australia's colonial legal and political framework, paradoxically unburdened by the deep-rooted ecclesiastical traditions of the Old World, created an environment where Jewish emancipation was achieved with remarkable swiftness and relative consensus. Drawing on archival sources and a commanding grasp of colonial social history, Getzler illustrates the interplay between liberal idealism, pragmatic frontier politics, and the determined agency of Jewish settlers themselves. Written with scholarly precision and a profound respect for the individuals whose lives shaped this history, this work raises an enduring question: what does Australia's early embrace of Jewish civic equality reveal about the true character of its founding ideals?