Implacable Urge to Defame

Focusing on the portrayal of immigrants and minorities in American cartoons from the 1870s to the 1930s, the book delves into the derogatory stereotypes that were prevalent during this era. It highlights the particularly harsh treatment of Jewish individuals through visual and verbal abuse in publications like Judge, Puck, and Life. Baigell analyzes over sixty cartoons, exploring the societal attitudes that permitted their creation and examining their role in fostering anti-Semitism within the American Scene movement of the 1920s and 1930s.