The Thirty-Nine Steps · Concept
Xenophobia and Prejudice
The book reflects early 20th-century fears of foreign powers, particularly Germany, and includes anti-Semitic stereotypes in Scudder's description of Jewish financiers controlling world events.
The book reflects early 20th-century fears of foreign powers, particularly Germany, and includes anti-Semitic stereotypes in Scudder's description of Jewish financiers controlling world events.
Scudder's explanation of the conspiracy includes antisemitic and xenophobic tropes, blaming Jews and foreigners for plotting global chaos.
Xenophobia and Prejudice is one of the patterns The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan returns to. The chapter notes above are from this edition’s companions — open those chapters to see how the book stages the idea rather than treating the theme as a slogan.