Gypsies

Name: Gypsies
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ISBN: 9780631196051

ISBN-10: 0631196056

ISBN-13: 9780631196051

Edition: 2nd 1995 (Revised)

Authors: Angus Fraser

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Since their unexplained appearance in Europe over nine centuries ago, the gypsies have refused to fall in with conventional settled life. They remain a people whose culture and customs are beset with misunderstanding, and who cling to their distinct identity in the teeth of persistent rejection and pressure to conform. This book describes their history. The book opens with an investigation of gypsy origins in India. The author then traces the gypsy migration from the early Middle Ages to the present, through the Middle East, Europe and the world. Throughout their known history they have been renowned for their music, metal working, fortune-telling, healing and horse-dealing; but from the…

Book details

List price: $45.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/23/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 374
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgements


Introduction



Origins



Early Migrations



Into the Byzantine Empire and the Balkans



The Great Trick



The Turn of the Tide



Pressure of the Gyves



Forces for Change



The Approach to Avernus



Modern Times


Bibliography


Index