Edition |
Second edition. |
Description |
ix, 362 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
Series |
The Peoples of Europe |
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Peoples of Europe.
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Contents |
1. Origins -- The linguistic evidence -- Physical anthropology -- Ethnic parallels -- Lexicostatistics -- 2. Early Migrations -- Persia -- Armenia -- Social cohesion -- 3. Into the Byzantine Empire and the Balkans -- Byzantium and Greece -- Serbia, Bulgaria, Wallachia, Moldavia -- 4. The Great Trick -- Imperial safe-conducts -- New letters of protection -- Taking stock -- 5. The Turn of the Tide -- Germany, Austria, Switzerland -- France -- Spain and Portugal -- The Low Countries -- Italy -- Hungary and Transylvania -- Bohemia, Poland-Lithuania and the Ukraine -- Scotland and England -- Scandinavia -- Images and stereotypes -- European patterns -- 6. Pressure of the Gyves -- Expulsion, assimilation, extirpation -- Transportation -- Within the Ottoman Empire -- Survival of the species -- Scant glimmerings of light -- 7. Forces for Change -- New perceptions -- Musical ascendancies -- Landscapes and townscapes -- Out of bondage -- Renewed migrations -- Conservation and mutation -- 8. The Approach to Avernus -- 'Combating the Gypsy nuisance' -- The forgotten holocaust -- 9. Modern Times -- Frontier crossings -- Questions of policy -- Populations and groupings -- Turns of speech -- Tradition of change -- Pilgrims and Pentecostals -- Opre Roma! |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [321]-341) and index. |
Subject |
Romanies -- Europe -- History.
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Europe -- Ethnic relations.
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ISBN |
0631196056 (acid-free paper) |
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