Ian Hancock Bücher

This is an international anthology of English translations of Roma poetry and prose. The writings in this text reflect the 30 contributors shared experiences of prejudice, discrimination and persecution, as well as joy in nature and life. The lives of the contributors are told in brief biographical notes reflecting the many roads followed by the Roma in coming to terms with modern society.

This book tells the story of how White Rhodesians, three-quarters of whom were ill- prepared for revolutionary change, reacted to the "terrorist" war and the onset of black rule in the 1970s. It shows how internal divisions--both old and new--undermined the supposed unity of White Rhodesia, how most Rhodesians begrudgingly accepted the inevitability of black majority rule without adjusting to its implications, and how the self- appointed defenders of Western civilization sometimes adopted uncivilized methods of protecting the "Rhodesian way of life." This is a lively and accessible account, based on careful archival research and numerous personal interviews. It sets out to tell the story from the inside and to incorporate the diverse dimensions of the Rhodesian experience. The authors suggest that the Rhodesians were more differentiated than has often been assumed and that perhaps their greatest fault was an almost infinite capacity for self- delusion.

Romská historie, kterou autor rekonstruuje z úctyhodného množství neromských pramenů, je téměř nepřetržitým sledem negativních událostí, od zotročení romských řemeselníků v Rumunsku přes plošné vyhánění do zámořských kolonií až po holocaust ve 20. století.

Publikácia pozostáva z 15-tich kapitol, ktoré sú ďalej členené do podkapitol. Čitateľ sa v nej dozvie zaujímavosti z oblasti kultúry Rómov, ich zvykov a tradícií, rituálov, ale aj mnoho zaujímavostí z ich kuchyne alebo z oblasti mágie. Samostatná kapitola je venovaná rómskemu jazyku. V úvodných kapitolách sa autor venuje pôvodu Rómov a ich migrácii z Indie do Európy, neskôr nasledujú časti o významných historických obdobiach rómskeho národa. Hancock zdôrazňuje a vysvetľuje pevné kultúrne putá s Indiou a ponúka informácie o najnovších výskumoch, ktoré dokazujú indický pôvod Rómov.