{"product_id":"mendoza-the-jew-boxing-manliness-and-nationalism-a-graphic-history-paperback","title":"Mendoza the Jew: Boxing, Manliness, and Nationalism, a Graphic History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRonald Schechter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLiz Clarke\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by the resounding success of \u003cem\u003eAbina and the Important Men\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2011), \u003cem\u003eMendoza the Jew\u003c\/em\u003e combines a graphic history with primary documentation and contextual information to explore issues of nationalism, identity, culture, and historical methodology through the life story of Daniel Mendoza. Mendoza was a poor Sephardic Jew from East London who became the boxing champion of Britain in 1789. As a Jew with limited means and a foreign-sounding name, Mendoza was an unlikely symbol of what many Britons considered to be their very own \"national\" sport. Whereas their adversaries across the Channel reputedly settled private quarrels by dueling with swords or pistols--leaving widows and orphans in their wake--the British (according to supporters of boxing) tended to settle their disputes with their fists. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eMendoza the Jew\u003c\/em\u003e provides an exciting and lively alternative to conventional lessons on nationalism. Rather than studying learned treatises and political speeches, students can read a graphic history about an eighteenth-century British boxer that demonstrates how ideas and emotions regarding the \"nation\" permeated the practices of everyday life. Mendoza's story reveals the ambivalent attitudes of British society toward its minorities, who were allowed (sometimes grudgingly) to participate in national life by braving pain and injury in athletic contests, but whose social mobility was limited and precarious.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRonald Schechter\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of History at the College of William and Mary. His book \u003cem\u003eObstinate Hebrews: Representations of Jews in France, 1715-1815\u003c\/em\u003e (2003) won awards from the American Historical Association and the Society for French Historical Studies. Schechter is also the editor of \u003cem\u003eThe French Revolution: The Essential Readings\u003c\/em\u003e (2001) and the translator\/editor of \u003cem\u003eNathan the Wise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing with Related Documents \u003c\/em\u003e(2004). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiz Clarke\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professional artist and illustrator based in Cape Town, South Africa.\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.9 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 19, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45257383968870,"sku":"9780199334094","price":85.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/eHE3Y0ZmSitDNms2ZFI4UC9ZeStmZz09.webp?v=1773769830","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/mendoza-the-jew-boxing-manliness-and-nationalism-a-graphic-history-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}