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The gypsies

Author: Angus M Fraser
Publisher: Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass. USA : Blackwell, 1992.
Series: Peoples of Europe.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Angus M Fraser
ISBN: 0631159673 9780631159674
OCLC Number: 25509398
Description: ix, 359 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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!
Series Title: Peoples of Europe.
Responsibility: Angus Fraser.

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