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Romanitshels', Didakais', and Folk-lore Gazette
Gypsy Politics and Social Change
Author: Thomas Acton
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2022-02-01
Total Pages: 279
ISBN-13: 1000387704
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book, first published in 1974, analyses the position of the Gypsies in Britain in the twentieth century, and assesses its significance in their overall history. Two dramatic shifts in Government policy towards the Gypsies are examined – in the 1880s and the 1960s – as are the changes in the stereotype of the ‘true Gypsy’. Dr Acton traces the developments of attitudes and economic conditions that gave rise to the 1970s increase in interest in Gypsies, and discusses the concomitant political and pressure group activity. He gives an account of the historical background to modern Gypsy politics; describes the postwar situation of the Gypsies in England and Wales, including pro-Gypsy pressure group activity up to 1965, and goes on to cover the campaigns of the Gypsy Council, including a sociological assessment of its work. He considers these aspects of Gypsy life in the light of modern sociological theory on minorities and race relations.
Our Gipsies in City, Tent, and Van
Author: Vernon S. Morwood
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-11-25
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780331924244
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from Our Gipsies in City, Tent, and Van: Containing an Account of Their Origin and Strange Life, Fortune-Telling Practices &C., Specimens of Their Dialect, and Amusing Anecdotes of Gipsy Kings, Queens, and Other Gipsy Notabilities Although, according to the best authorities, gipsies have lived in England nearly four hundred years, yet comparatively little is known either of their origin, character, or general life. Added to this fact, the Author begs to state that his reasons for submitting the following pages to the public are: First, That he has had many opportunities of gaining a know ledge of the gipsies by frequent visits to them in their tents and vans, and by conversations with them respecting their own history and life. The Second reason is that some writers have, in their descriptions of this people, leaned too much to the dark side of their character, which, he thinks, is not fair, but even unjust to them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society
Gypsies
Author: David Cressy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018-06-28
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 0191080519
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Gypsies, Egyptians, Romanies, and—more recently—Travellers. Who are these marginal and mysterious people who first arrived in England in early Tudor times? Are claims of their distant origins on the Indian subcontinent true, or just another of the many myths and stories that have accreted around them over time? Can they even be regarded as a single people or ethnicity at all? Gypsies have frequently been vilified, and not much less frequently romanticized, by the settled population over the centuries. Social historian David Cressy now attempts to disentangle the myth from the reality of Gypsy life over more than half a millennium of English history. In this, the first comprehensive historical study of the doings and dealings of Gypsies in England, he draws on original archival research, and a wide range of reading, to trace the many moments when Gypsy lives became entangled with those of villagers and townsfolk, religious and secular authorities, and social and moral reformers. Crucially, it is a story not just of the Gypsy community and its peculiarities, but also of England's treatment of that community, from draconian Elizabethan statutes, through various degrees of toleration and fascination, right up to the tabloid newspaper campaigns against Gypsy and Traveller encampments of more recent years.
A minority and the state
Author: Becky Taylor
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2013-07-19
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 1847796818
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is a new paperback edition of Becky Taylor's history of Britain's travelling communities in the twentieth century. It draws together detailed archival research at local and national level to explore the impact of state and legislative developments on Travellers, as well as their experience of missions, education, war and welfare. It also covers legal developments affecting Travellers and crucially argues that their history must not be dealt with in isolation but as part of a wider history of British minorities. This book will be of interest to scholars and students concerned with minority groups, the welfare state and the expansion of government, as well as general readers and practitioners working with Travellers.
Our Gipsies in City, Tent, and Van: Containing an Account of Their Origin and Strange Life, Fortune-Telling Practices, &C, Specimens of Their Dialect,
Author: Vernon S. Morwood
Publisher: Sagwan Press
Published: 2018-02-02
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9781376509106
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Jumping the Broom
Author: Tyler D. Parry
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2020-10-02
Total Pages: 317
ISBN-13: 1469660873
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this definitive history of a unique tradition, Tyler D. Parry untangles the convoluted history of the "broomstick wedding." Popularly associated with African American culture, Parry traces the ritual's origins to marginalized groups in the British Isles and explores how it influenced the marriage traditions of different communities on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. His surprising findings shed new light on the complexities of cultural exchange between peoples of African and European descent from the 1700s up to the twenty-first century. Drawing from the historical records of enslaved people in the United States, British Romani, Louisiana Cajuns, and many others, Parry discloses how marginalized people found dignity in the face of oppression by innovating and reimagining marriage rituals. Such innovations have an enduring impact on the descendants of the original practitioners. Parry reveals how and why the simple act of "jumping the broom" captivates so many people who, on the surface, appear to have little in common with each other.
Catalogue of the Library of Sanki Ichikawa ...: English and comparative philology
