Book Review of Henry Ford's War on Jews and the Legal Battle Against Hate Speech, by Victoria Saker Woeste (Stanford University Press 2012)
92 Michigan Bar Journal 54 (February 2013)
2 Pages Posted: 15 Apr 2013 Last revised: 6 May 2013
Date Written: February 1, 2013
Abstract
Book review of Henry Ford's War on Jews and the Legal Battle Against Hate Speech. The book is an historical account of a Henry Ford's notorious crusade against American Jews and Aaron Sapiro's libel action against him in federal court in Detroit. The book recounts events leading to a 1927 mistrial of the lawsuit and analyzes Ford's highly-publicized apology that precipitated a settlement between the parties.
Keywords: Henry Ford, Anti-semitism, U.S. Jewish history, U.S. race relations, Detroit, Aaron Sapiro, Louis Marshall, William Henry Gallagher
JEL Classification: J71, K13, K41, K42
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