A History of the Gypsies of Eastern Europe and Russia
by David M. Crowe
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Author: David M. CroweEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1995-01-15
ISBN: 0312086911
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary: 4 Stars
This is an excellent overview and introduction to the traumatic history of the Gypsy, or Roma, population. This volume is more of a demographic study than an anthropological examination of Gypsy beliefs, culture, or spirituality. Sadly, many of the exhaustive and extensive sources that the author translated contain racist aspersions and ugly stereotypes of the Gypsies. The Roma were actually bought and sold as slaves throughout Eastern Europe and Russia, and even churches participated in this, as these refugees, originally from Northern India, were viewed complete outsiders, damned.
If there was ever a people who suffered at least as badly for centuries as Jews did in these countries before, during, and after World War II, it was this population, which Crowe exhaustively documents here. This book is a good source for initial research, and as a way to access obscure and previously untranslated materials. For scholars, or someone who shares Gypsy heritage, like myself, researching this culture, heritage, and belief systems from the inside, this is a good and necessary beginning.
Summary of A History of the Gypsies of Eastern Europe and Russia
David Crowe draws from previously untapped East European, Russian, and traditional sources to explore the life, history, and culture of the Gypsies, or Roma, from their entrance into the region in the Middle Ages until the present.
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