Central European U. Press
The Roma; a minority in Europe; historical, political and social perspectives.
Stauber and Vago (both Tel Aviv U.) present a collection of ten papers from the first international conference in Israel on the Roma, held at the Tel Aviv U. in December 2002 . The essays explore some of the main issues resulting from the encounter between the Roma and the surrounding European society, from the time of their arrival in Medieval Europe to the present day, including the history of prejudice and persecution experienced by the Roma, their genocide during the Nazi era, and current questions of social integration in contemporary Europe. A sampling of topics; religious minorities, vagabonds and gypsies in Early Modern Europe; Romanian public reaction to the deportation of gypsies to Transnistria; and central European Roma policy. Distributed in the U.S. by Books International. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
