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Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Contents -- General Editor's Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 'What Do You Think Playtime's For?' -- 2 'Hey Mister, Can I Be in Your Book?' -- 3 'Eeny , Meeny , Mack a, Racka .... ' -- 4 'Bagsee no Bagsees' -- 5 'Whose Game is It, Can I Play?' -- 6 'I'm Your Friend, Let me Have Some' -- 7 'Neill's the Boss of the Playground' -- 8 'That's How we Learn' -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

SUMMARY: Far generations Gypsies have suffered from oppression and discrimination. Five centuries of slavery, attempted genocide during the Holocaust, forced assimilation and separation under communism have all been part of their history. In some areas of Eastern Europe, 90 per cent of children in state care are of Gypsy origin. In post‐communist Eastern Europe economic recession has brought a new wave of anti‐Gypsy feeling and violence. In such a climate Gypsy children face a forbidding future. Here in the UK we are currently debating new proposals under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Bill which could radically affect the lives of Gypsy children and their families. As we consider this legislation, do we have something to learn from the experience of Gypsy children in Eastern Europe?

After a brief account of the importance, and neglect, of the psychological study of names, the role of familiarity in liking for names is investigated. Some empirical research on first names and surnames is set in the context of two opposing theories in experimental aesthetics: the "mere exposure" and "inverted-U" hypotheses. A preference-feedback hypothesis that enables us to resolve some apparently contradictory results from the experiments, and to account for the existence of cyclical vogues in first names and other cultural items, is proposed.