Victorian Jews through British Eyes
Anne and Roger Cowen

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'A most original and fascinating book . . . a rich source-book for the social history of the Jews in Victorian England.'
Geoffrey Hodgson, The Independent

'Consistently a pleasure to look at.'
Chaim Bermant, Daily Telegraph

'The authors have married illustrations and text with consummate skill so as to effect continuity. Themes are carefully selected to define characters and situations that had a major influence in changing British attitudes towards Jews. The clarity of style and highly evocative illustrations combine to make this a reading "must" for all concerned with both British and Jewish social history.'
William Fishman, Jewish Chronicle

AUTHOR INFORMATION

Anne Cowen was educated at University College London and at the City University Business School. She was Senior Lecturer in Economics and Industrial Relations at the Polytechnic of Central London. She has also undertaken economic research and business consultancy work, and is currently involved in running a small business. She has lectured widely on 'Victorian Jews through British eyes' and related themes, including at the Museum of London and Jewish Book Week, and on BBC radio. She is involved in a wide range of communal educational and charitable work, and is a Trustee of the New London Synagogue.

The late Roger Cowen was educated at the University of Manchester and received an MBA from Columbia University Business School. He pursued a very creative and successful business career, and had a wide range of interests in the arts and communal activities. He died in 1986.
A keen photographer, Roger Cowen, with Anne Cowen, visited many small provincial synagogues in the United Kingdom and researched their histories. Their visits to antiques shops and bookshops proved a pleasurable activity and yielded much of the material used in this book.

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