Gypsies: The hidden Americans - Hardcover
The Gypsies portrayed in this book are the Vlax-speaking Rom, the largest group of Gypsies in the United States, numbering 500,000. Not officially recognized as a minority in the U.S. until 1972, Gypsies have led an almost entirely invisible existence here. Now in this fascinating work--the first complete account of American Gypsies--Sutherland has produced an in-depth look at the full range of everyday social life among the Rom. Separate, elusive, complex, and unique among the people of the world, Gypsies have preserved their traditional way of life. How have they avoided assimilation? What keeps them apart? How are they organized, and what do they believe? These and other important questions about these hidden Americans are addressed in Sutherland's contemporary study.
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Titles of related interest from Waveland Press: Gmelch, Nan: The Life of an Irish Travelling Woman (ISBN 9780881336023) and Yoors, The Gypsies (ISBN 9780881333053).
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- PublisherThe Free Press
- Publication date1975
- ISBN 10 042274610X
- ISBN 13 9780422746106
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages330
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GYPSIES: THE HIDDEN AMERICANS
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Book Description Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 1st 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. Based on the author's two years' research centred on a community of Gypsies (Rom) living on the west coast of America. Brown cloth boards, gilt titles. Text block ligthly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn at corners and faded to spine. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!. Seller Inventory # 1825532
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