In search of the true gypsy : from Enlightenment to Final Solution /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Willems, Wim.
Uniform title:	Op zoek naar de ware zigeuner. English
Imprint:	London ; Portland, OR : F. Cass, 1997.
Description:	viii, 368 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Romanies -- Europe. Ethnic relations. Romanies. Europe -- Ethnic relations. Europe.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2955867

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ISBN:	0714646881 (cloth) 0714642223 (paper)
Notes:	The Dutch original was originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Leiden. Includes bibliographical references (p. [336]-358) and index.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Heinrich Moritz Gottlieb Grellmann (1753-1804): an enlightened historian and his sources
3. George Borrow (1803-81): the walking lord of Gypsy lore
4. The heirs of George Borrow
5. Robert Ritter (1901-51): eugenist and criminological biologist
6. Conclusions
Annex 1. the publications of H.M.G. Grellmann
Annex 2. reviews of H.M.G. Grellmann's book on Gypsies
Annex 3. sources for The Zincali
Annex 4. reviews of the works of George Borrow
Annex 5. summary of Robert Ritter's publications and lectures
Annex 6. reviews of Robert Ritter's Ein Menschenschlag.

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