Gypsy Politics and Social Change: The Development of Ethnic Ideology and Pressure Politics among British Gypsies from Victorian Reformism to Romany Nationalism (Routledge Revivals) - Softcover

Acton, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032001348 ISBN 13: 9781032001340

Publisher: Routledge, 2023

Synopsis

This book, first published in 1974, analyses the position of the Gypsies in Britain in the twentieth century, and assesses its significance in their overall history. Two dramatic shifts in Government policy towards the Gypsies are examined – in the 1880s and the 1960s – as are the changes in the stereotype of the ‘true Gypsy’. Dr Acton traces the developments of attitudes and economic conditions that gave rise to the 1970s increase in interest in Gypsies, and discusses the concomitant political and pressure group activity. He gives an account of the historical background to modern Gypsy politics; describes the postwar situation of the Gypsies in England and Wales, including pro-Gypsy pressure group activity up to 1965, and goes on to cover the campaigns of the Gypsy Council, including a sociological assessment of its work. He considers these aspects of Gypsy life in the light of modern sociological theory on minorities and race relations.

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Thomas Acton

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032001348
• ISBN 13: 9781032001340
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 331