The Traveller-Gypsies / Judith Okely.
In this book Judith Okely challenges popular accounts of Gypsies which suggest that they were once isolated communities, enjoying an autonomous culture and economy now largely eroded by the processes of industrialisation and western capitalism.
| Uniform Title: | Changing cultures.
William G. Lockwood Collection of Romani Ethnology and Gypsy Stereotypes. |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1983.
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| Series: | Changing cultures.
William G. Lockwood Collection of Romani Ethnology and Gypsy Stereotypes. |
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| Local Note: |
MSU: Copy 2 gift of William G. Lockwood and Yvonne R. Lockwood.
MSU: Copy 2 in dust jacket. |
| Physical Description: | xii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Format: | Book |
| Summary: |
In this book Judith Okely challenges popular accounts of Gypsies which suggest that they were once isolated communities, enjoying an autonomous culture and economy now largely eroded by the processes of industrialisation and western capitalism. |
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| Call Number: | DX211 .O34 1983 |
| Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-247) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0521246415 : 0521288703 (pbk.) : |