1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990000310310403321

Autore

Geitel, M.

Titolo

Das wassergas und seine verwendung in der technik. / Von M. Geitel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : Verlag von Siemens, 1899

Descrizione fisica

116 p., ill., 25 cm

Disciplina

660

Locazione

DINCH

Collocazione

04 107-51

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455247603321

Autore

Smith-Bendell Maggie

Titolo

Our forgotten years [[electronic resource] ] : a Gypsy woman's life on the road / / Maggie Smith-Bendell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hatfield [U.K.], : University Of Hertfordshire Press, 2009

ISBN

1-905313-88-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Disciplina

305.8914970092

Soggetti

Romanies

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Chapter One: My Family; Chapter Two: A Fearful Winter; Chapter Three: The War Years; Chapter Four: Snowdrop Woods; Chapter Five: Wild Daffodils; Chapter Six: The Old Granny; Chapter Seven: The Swine's Jump Road; Chapter Eight: Pea-Picking Time; Chapter Nine: The Prince Lane; Chapter Ten: Dad's Magic



Flowers; Chapter Eleven: The Hop Gardens; Chapter Twelve: Lenard's Dilemma; Chapter Thirteen: School Days; Chapter Fourteen: The Squatters' Hut; Chapter Fifteen: On the Road Again; Chapter Sixteen: Death in the Family; Chapter Seventeen: Saying Farewell

Chapter Eighteen: Little JessChapter Nineteen: On to Devonshire; Chapter Twenty: A Family Reunion; Chapter Twenty-one: Village Life; Chapter Twenty-two: Planning Permission; Chapter Twenty-three: Growing Up; Chapter Twenty-four: A New Life; Chapter Twenty-five: Romani Rights; Chapter Twenty-six: The 'Land Grab'; Chapter Twenty-seven: Organising Change; Chapter Twenty-eight: The Work Goes On; Chapter Twenty-nine: Our Forgotten Years; Photo Album; Culture, Customs and Traditions; Romani Cooking; Traditional Romani Crafts; Wagon Songs; Common Romani Words

Sommario/riassunto

Full of the language and lore of the Gypsies, this remarkable memoir offers insight into the Romani way of life from an insider's perspective. Maggie Smith-Bendell shares stories from her traditional Gypsy childhood in the rural South of England, from traveling the countryside and facing hardships, such as the death of a family member, to catching wild animals and earning a living from the woods, hedgerows, and fieldwork in the area. Moving and inspiring, this account also reflects upon the changes in the law and agriculture that have undermined the Gypsies' s