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In search of the true gypsy : from enlightenment to final solution / Wim Willems ; translated by Don Bloch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Willems, Wim, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Romanies--Europe.
- Romanies.
- Europe--Ethnic relations.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (378 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- It has only been recognised tardily and with reluctance that during the Second World War hundreds of thousands of itinerants met the same horrendous fate as Jews and other victims of Nazism. Gypsies appear to appeal to the imagination simply as social outcasts and scapegoats or, in a flattering but no more illuminating light, as romantic outsiders.In this study, contemporary notions about Gypsies are traced back as far as possible to their roots, in an attempt to lay bare why stigmatisation of gypsies, or rather groups labelled as such, has continuned from the distant past even
- Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Heinrich Moritz Gottlieb Grellmann (1753-1804): an enlightened historian and his sources; 3. George Borrow (1803-81): the walking lord of Gypsy lore; 4. The heirs of George Borrow; 5. Robert Ritter (1901-51): eugenist and criminological biologist; 6. Conclusions; Annex 1: the publications of H.M.G. Grellmann; Annex 2: reviews of H.M.G. Grellmann's book on Gypsies; Annex 3: sources for The Zincali; Annex 4: reviews of the works of George Borrow
- Annex 5: summary of Robert Ritter's publications and lecturesAnnex 6: reviews of Robert Ritter's Ein Menschenschlag; Archives; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- First published in 1997 by Routledge.
- The Dutch original was originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Leiden.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-7146-4222-3
- 1-315-81022-0
- 1-317-79189-4
- 1-317-79190-8
- 9781315810225
- OCLC:
- 874152004
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