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Foreigners, Refugees or Minorities?
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 114.95This book examines the relationship of citizenship, ethnicity and international relations and how these three aspects of the State, its people and its neighbours relate to one another. It studies the wide issue of international relations, citizenship and minority discrimination through the lens of the case study of European Roma who seek refugee status... more...
After All These Years
University Of Hertfordshire Press 2013; US$ 12.99Set in the context of the Gypsies? long and rich history, this autobiography secures the memories of the old ways of Gypsy life and culture at the dawn of the 21st century. Full of the author?s vivid recollections, these pages recount her experiences growing up as a Gypsy in rural England. At the heart of her story is her ?gorgie mush,? Terry, whom... more...
Stichwort
Springer 2013; US$ 29.95Der vorliegende Band enthält die besten Stichwortbeiträge der Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft (ZfE) aus den vergangenen fünfzehn Jahren und gibt damit einen exzellenten Überblick zu relevanten Forschungsgebieten und Schwerpunkten dieser Zeit. Darin enthalten sind theoretische und methodologische erziehungswissenschaftliche... more...
The Horsieman
Birlinn 2012; US$ 8.44Duncan Williamson was the son, grandson and great grandson of nomadic tinsmiths, basket makers, pipers and storytellers. In this book, he describes his life as a traveller with verve, candour and intimacy, recounting a childhood spent on the shores of Loch Fyne, work on the small hill farms in the summer, walking with barrows and prams and later with... more...
Scottish Mandarin
Hong Kong University Press, HKU 2012; US$ 38.00Colonial administrator, writer, explorer, Buddhist, and friend to Chinas last emperor, Sir Reginald Johnston (18741938) was a distinguished sinologist with a tangled love and family life that he kept secret even from his closest friends. Born and educated in Edinburgh, he began his career in the colony of Hong Kong and eventually became... more...
Gypsies and Travellers
The Policy Press 2012; US$ 42.95This topical book examines and debates a range of themes facing Gypsies and Travellers in British Society, including health, social policy, employment and education. more...
Big Louie & Me
University Of Hertfordshire Press 2012; US$ 12.99Beginning with the author?s great-grandmother?s affair with a Gypsy boy in 1869, this warmhearted memoir chronicles the Gypsy life in a very close-knit community in the UK's Black Country. From a lifetime teeming with incident, George Locke shares the best stories from the old days, including run-ins with the police, gamekeepers, and Gypsy-haters,... more...
The Roma Struggle for Compensation in Post-War Germany
University Of Hertfordshire Press 2011; US$ 31.99Thirty years passed before it was acceptedin West Germany and elsewherethat the Roma (Gypsies) of Germany had been Holocaust victims. Drawing upon a substantial body of previously unseen sources, this record examines the history of the Roma struggle for recognition as racially persecuted victims of National Socialism in postwar Germany.... more...
Danger! Educated Gypsy
University Of Hertfordshire Press 2010; US$ 23.99Penned by a noted Gypsy scholar, this collection of writings examines Romani history, culture, language, and politics and covers topics that range from responses to the Romani Holocaust and Romani religion to anti-Gypsy racism and oppression. Giving a voice to an often misunderstood community, this record includes personal stories, persuasive research,... more...
All Change!
University Of Hertfordshire Press 2010; US$ 14.99Offering new perspectives on the Romani experience, this volume investigates the culture’s origins, history, and identity. Written by leading Romani scholars, this authoritative account considers various topics, including how linguistics has clarified the origins of the Roma, how Gypsies have been classified in Russian research, and how the... more...









