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The Time Of The Gypsies

The Time Of The Gypsies

Michael Stewart

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
1998
Materia
Antropología
ISBN:
9780813331997
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This book provides an account of the changing attitudes and policies towards the Gypsies in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in Communist Europe and in post-Communist Hungary. It presents a general study of the dramatic transformations that have occurred throughout Eastern Europe.

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