Anti-Fascism in Britain

Zusatztext Nigel Copsey has led the way in opening up the field of British anti-fascism studies! defining the empirical and conceptual parameters for the elucidation of protest and resistance to extremism over the course of the twentieth century. This lucidly written and meticulously researched second edition of his ground breaking study is very welcome and timely. - Dr Julie V. Gottlieb! University of Sheffield! UKAnti-Fascism in Britain is an important book! widening our understanding of a subject that remains pertinent today. - Matthew Worley! Professor of Modern History! University of Reading! UK Informationen zum Autor Nigel Copsey is Professor of Modern History at Teesside University, UK and co-director of the Centre for Fascist, Anti-Fascist and Post-Fascist Studies. His major publications are Anti-Fascism in Britain (2000) and Contemporary British Fascism: The British National Party and the Quest for Legitimacy (2004; 2008). Zusammenfassung Fully revised and updated from its earlier edition, this book continues to provide the definitive account of anti-fascism in Britain. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Origins and Development of Anti-Fascism 1923-35 2. Opposition to British Fascism 1936-45 3. ‘Never Again!’: Anti-Fascism 1946-66 4. ‘The National Front is a Nazi Front!’: Opposition to the National Front 1967-79 5. Fighting Fascism in the Eighties and Nineties 6. Opposing Fascism in the Twenty-First Century Conclusion

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• Authors: Nigel Copsey, Nigel (University of Teesside Copsey, Nigel (University of Teesside) Copsey, Copsey Nigel
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.10.2016
• EAN: 9781138926493
• ISBN: 978-1-138-92649-3
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, Fascism & Nazism, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Politics and government, Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship, Far-right political ideologies and movements, Political parties and party platforms