The Gypsies, Angus Fraser's 1992 study from Blackwell, is a standard scholarly history of Romani origins and migration. Its strength is that it is a widely cited academic synthesis drawing on linguistic and historical evidence for Romani origins in India. Its limit is that its title uses the exonym Gypsies, which is how the work is catalogued and cited in the field, and is not the term the atlas itself uses for the Romani people.
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Angus Fraser's The Gypsies, published by Blackwell, is treated at the top tier as a widely cited academic synthesis of Romani origins and migration drawing on linguistic and historical evidence, notwithstanding that its title uses an exonym the atlas itself does not use. NotesA standard history. Its title uses the exonym, which is how the work is catalogued and is not the term the atlas uses for the people.
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AuthorAngus Fraser
PublisherBlackwell
Publication Year1992
Source TypeBook (scholarly)
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This source names India directly: "evidence for Romani origins in India."
Source The GypsiesAngus Fraser
This source names Romani People directly: "the term the atlas itself uses for the Romani people."
Source The GypsiesAngus Fraser
Claims Backed By This Source (16 claims)
This source backs 16 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 5 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Cultures, 5 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
- Culture Groups, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.
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