Gypsies and Other Itinerant Groups

Preface Introduction PART 1: IMAGES AND REPRESENTATIONS Ethnicity as a Deathtrap. The History of Gypsy-Studies The Church of Knowledge. Representation of Gypsies in Encyclopedias PART 2: STIGMATIZATION AND GOVERNMENT POLICIES Eternal Vagrants? State Formation, Migration and Travelling Groups in Western Europe, 1350-1914 'Harmful Tramps'. Police Professionalization and Gypsies in Germany, 1700-1945 A Silent War: Foreign Gypsies and the Dutch Government Policy The Making of a Minority: The Case of Dutch Travellers PART 3: SOCIAL-ECONOMIC FUNCTIONING A Blind Spot: Migratory and Travelling Groups in Western European Historiography The Klink of the Hammer was heard from Daybreak till Dawn: Gypsy Occupations in Western Europe (19th-20th Centuries) Dutch Travellers: Dwellings, Origins and Occupations Notes Bibliography Index