A Minority and the State: Travellers in Britain in the Twentieth Century
Becky Taylor
Abstract
This book is a history of Britain's travelling communities in the twentieth century, drawing together detailed archival research at local and national levels 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, whose history, it argues, must not be dealt with in isolation but as part of a wider history of British minorities. The book will be of interest to scholars and students concerned with minority groups, the welfare state and the expansion of g ... More
This book is a history of Britain's travelling communities in the twentieth century, drawing together detailed archival research at local and national levels 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, whose history, it argues, must not be dealt with in isolation but as part of a wider history of British minorities. The book will be of interest to scholars and students concerned with minority groups, the welfare state and the expansion of government.
Keywords:
Britain's travelling communities,
Travellers,
missions,
education,
war,
welfare,
British minorities,
minority groups,
welfare state,
expansion of government
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2008 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780719075674 |
| Published to Manchester Scholarship Online: July 2012 |
DOI:10.7228/manchester/9780719075674.001.0001 |
