Research Catalog
The gypsies
- Title
- The gypsies / Angus Fraser.
- Author
- Fraser, Angus M.
- Publication
- Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass. USA : Blackwell, 1992.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | DX115 .F72 1993 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- ix, 359 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- The Peoples of Europe
- Uniform Title
- Peoples of Europe
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-339) and index.
- 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!
- ISBN
- 0631159673
- 9780631159674
- LCCN
- 92005452
- OCLC
- ocm25509398
- 25509398
- SCSB-8896772
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library