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Gypsies of Britain
Series: Shire Library
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Gypsies of Britain
Explores the history of this lifestyle, looking at how Gypsies have maintained their distinctive culture and how they have adapted to the twenty-first century, and focusses on a range of traditional Gypsy occupations including harvesting, horse-dealing, fortune-telling and rat-catching.
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Gypsies have been a part of the British and European social fabric for centuries and have faced prejudice and oppression for nearly as long, since at least the time of Henry VIII. Theirs is a peripatetic existence, dwelling in tents and in caravans and living often precariously at the edges of towns and villages, moving on in search of opportunities or as mainstream society drives them away.
Gypsies of Britain explores the history of this unique lifestyle, looking at how Gypsies have maintained their distinctive culture and how they have adapted to the twenty-first century. The book sheds light on a range of traditional Gypsy occupations including harvesting, horse-dealing, fortune-telling and rat-catching.
Archive illustrations and modern photographs depict their lives, work, and ornately carved and painted caravans.
Series: Shire Library
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ISBN: 9780747812364
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 10 June 2013
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Shire Publications
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 8.0mm
Width: 148.0mm
Height: 208.0mm
Weight: 147g
Pages: 56
About the Author
Janet Keet-Black is a founder member of the Romany and Traveller Family History Society and is Editor of ‘Romany Routes’. She is the author of several Romany-related articles and ‘Hidden Photographs of a Hidden People’ (2010).
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