The Roma in Romanian history / by Viorel Achim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Achim, Viorel, 1961-

Standardized Title:

Țiganii în istoria României. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Romanies--Romania.

Romanies.

Romania--History.

Romania.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 pages) : maps

Place of Publication:

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One of the greatest challenges during the enlargement process of the European Union towards the east is how the issue of the Roma or Gypsies is tackled. This ethnic minority group represents a much higher share by numbers, too, in some regions going above 20% of the population. This enormous social and political problem cannot be solved without proper historical studies like this book, the most comprehensive history of Gypsies in Romania. It is based on academic research, synthesizing the entire historical Romanian and foreign literature concerning this topic, and using lot of information from the archives. The main focus is laid on the events of the greatest consequence. Special attention is devoted to aspects linked to the long history of the Gypsies, such as slavery, the process of integration and assimilation into the majority population, as well as the marginalization of Gypsies, which has historic roots. The process of emancipation of Gypsies in the mid-19th century receives due treatment. The deportation of Gypsies to Transnistria during the Antonescu regime, between 1942-1944, is reconstructed in a special chapter. The closing chapters elaborate on the policy toward Gypsies in the decades after the Second World War that explain for the latest developments and for the situation of this population in today's Romania.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

I. THE ARRIVAL OF THE GYPSIES ON THE TERRITORY OF ROMANIA

1. THE GYPSIES’ MIGRATION TO EUROPE

2. FIRST ATTESTATIONS ON THE TERRITORY OF ROMANIA

3. WHEN DID THE GYPSIES ARRIVE IN THE ROMANIAN LANDS?

4. THE TERRITORY OF ROMANIA IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EUROPEAN MIGRATION OF THE GYPSIES (FOURTEENTH TO FIFTEENTH CENTURIES)

II. THE GYPSIES IN THE ROMANIAN LANDS DURING THE MIDDLE AGES. SLAVERY

1. THE AGE AND ORIGIN OF SLAVERY IN THE ROMANIAN LANDS

2. CATEGORIES OF SLAVES

3. SLAVERY UNDER THE ROMANIAN ANCIEN REGIME

4. THE SOCIAL AND LEGAL SITUATION OF THE GYPSIES IN TRANSYLVANIA

5. THE POSITION OF THE GYPSIES IN THE ECONOMY OF THE ROMANIAN LANDS

6. WAY OF LIFE. NOMADISM AND SEDENTARISATION. MARGINALITY

7. SOCIAL ORGANISATION. THE LEADERS OF THE GYPSIES

8. THE SITUATION OF THE GYPSIES IN THE ROMANIAN LANDS AND IN OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES—A PARALLEL

9. THE POLICY OF SEDENTARISATION AND ASSIMILATION OF THE GYPSIES PROMOTED BY THE HABSBURG AUTHORITIES IN TRANSYLVANIA

III. EMANCIPATION

1. THE GYPSIES IN THE ROMANIAN PRINCIPALITIES IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

2. ABOLITIONIST TREND

3. THE LAWS OF EMANCIPATION

4. SOCIAL EVOLUTIONS AFTER EMANCIPATION

5. THE EMANCIPATION OF THE GYPSIES IN THE ROMANIAN PRINCIPALITIES AND THE SECOND GREAT MIGRATION OF THE GYPSIES (FROM THE MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY TO THE BEGINNING OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY)

6. THE GYPSIES IN BUKOVINA UNDER AUSTRIAN RULE (1775–1918)

7. THE GYPSIES IN BESSARABIA UNDER TSARIST RULE (1812–1918)

8. THE GYPSIES IN TRANSYLVANIA IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

IV. THE GYPSIES IN INTER-WAR ROMANIA

1. THE SITUATION OF THE GYPSIES IN THE INTER-WAR PERIOD. INTEGRATION AND ASSIMILATION

2. “ORGANISATION”. THE EMANCIPATION MOVEMENT OF THE 1930s

V. THE POLICY OF THE ANTONESCU REGIME WITH REGARD TO THE GYPSIES

1. RACIST CONCEPTS IN 1930S AND 1940s ROMANIA AND THE GYPSIES

2. THE “GYPSY PROBLEM” DURING THE ANTONESCU REGIME

3. DEPORTATION TO TRANSNISTRIA (1942–44)

4. THE POLICY OF THE ANTONESCU REGIME WITH REGARD TO THE GYPSIES AND THE FATE OF THE GYPSIES IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

VI. THE GYPSIES DURING THE COMMUNIST REGIME. A FEW POINTS OF REFERENCE

VII. THE CURRENT SITUATION OF THE GYPSIES (ROMA) IN ROMANIA

1. THE SOCIAL SITUATION

2. TOWARDS A MODERN ROMA ETHNICITY

MAP

INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-003-72305-5

978-6-15505-393-1

9786155053931

615-5053-93-6

2-8218-1512-3

1-281-37693-0

9786611376932

1-4175-3725-6

9781003723059

OCLC:

56344417