Mendoza the Jew: Boxing, Manliness, and Nationalism, a Graphic History

by Liz Clarke and Ronald Schechter

Book Overview

Inspired by the resounding success of Abina and the Important Men (OUP, 2011), Mendoza the Jew 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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199334099
• ISBN13: 9780199334094
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 9.9"