Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Nicknames for Ethnic Groups -- 2. Terms of Abuse as Chronicles of Intergroup Conflict -- 3. The Historical Lexicon of Ethnic Epithets -- 4. Social Origins of the Vocabulary -- 5. Terms for Marginal Persons and Groups -- Appendix A: Excluded Classes of Related Nicknames -- Appendix B: Annotations -- References -- Index