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Booklist
July
2001
by Jay Freeman |
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1970, the great European empires of Britain, France, Spain,
and the Netherlands had essentially been dismantled. Most
of the colonials, including government officials and settlers,
returned to the "mother country." Yet, the forces
of history are seldom tidy, and the end of European imperialism
often left behind messy and sometimes curious remnants.
Orizio, senior editor of CNN Italia and a former foreign
correspondent for an Italian daily, here describes the
interesting and often touching status of several "tribes"
of whites, descended from European settlers, who stayed
on after independence. Amongst the groups examined are
Germans living in Jamaica, Dutch in Sri Lanka, and even
descendants of Confederate refugees from the U.S Civil
War in Brazil. Many of these people lead an economically
marginal existence while holding on to a degree of racial
or ethnic exclusivity. They seem trapped between their
dreams of the past and the harsh realities of their present
circumstances. This is a revealing glimpse at a variety
of obscure peoples who seem to have maintained touching
but somehow absurd solidarity. |
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Lost White Tribes
Journeys among the Forgotten
Secker & Warburg
London, 6 April 2000 |
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Lost White Tribes
Journeys among the Forgotten
Vintage
London, 1 March 2001 |
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Tribù bianche perdute
Viaggio tra i dimenticati
Laterza
Roma, Ottobre 2000 |
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Lost White Tribes
The
Free Press
New York, July 2001 |
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Vergeten Blanke Stammen
Meulenhoff
Amsterdam, October 2000 |
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