Minority and the State Travellers in Britain in the Twentieth Century
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Becky Taylor is Reader in Modern History at UEAA minority and the state looks at the relationship between Travellers, or ‘Gypsies’, and the wider settled society in Britain throughout the twentieth century. This detailed study considers the ways in which the state has tried to create and enforce legislation to regulate their lifestyles, as well as the Travellers’ responses, and resistance, to these efforts.
The book is a much needed history of Britain's travelling communities in the twentieth century, drawing together detailed archival research at local and national level to explore the impact of state and legislative developments on Travellers, as well as their experience of missions, education, war and welfare. It offers a new perspective on British ethnic history by arguing that Travellers' experiences should not be understood as the history of a nomadic group, but in terms of the wider history of British minorities.
Introduction
Part 1 – 1900–45
1. Travellers’ lives
2. The state and its legal responses
3. Education and missions
Part 2 – 1945–68
4. Traveller’s lives
5. The state and site provision
6. Travellers and the welfare state
Part 3 – 1968–2000
7. State developments and Travellers’ responses
8. Conclusion
Select bibliography
Index
A minority and the state is a much needed history of Britain's travelling communities in the twentieth century, drawing together detailed archival research at local and national level to explore the impact of state and legislative developments on Travellers, as well as their experience of missions, education, war and welfare. It also covers legal developments affecting Travellers and crucially argues that their history must not be dealt with in isolation but as part of a wider history of British minoritiesll.
It will be of interest to scholars and students concerned with minority groups, the welfare state and the expansion of government, as well as general readers and practitioners working with Travellers.