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The Soviet and Hungarian Holocaust – A Comparative Essay
Based on newly available archival sources, Krausz examines the holocaust in the Soviet Union and contrasts it with the genocide in Hungary. He studies the roots of Soviet …
The Jewish Criterion in Hungary
This book features five essays on why public debate about Hungary's Jewish population has been confined to the dichotomy of assimilation and dissimilation instead of integration.
Hungary, 1920–1925 – Istvan Bethlen and the Politics of Consolidation
This is the first book in English to comprehensively examine the crucial first five years of Istvan Bethlen's premiership when, following the catastrophe of 1918-1920, he began the …
Semiotics of Visual Languages
Bogdan sets forth criteria and methods of a structural analysis of the pictorial language as a first step toward a more adequate understanding of the semiotic system of visual …
Polish Political Emigrés in the United States of America 1831–1864
This is detailed account of the character and problems of Polish emigres in the United States from the end of the Polish uprising of 1830 to the end of the second Polish uprising …
Studies on the Holocaust – Selected Writings
This is a collection of seminal essays on the Holocaust in Hungary. Three of these studies deal with the prewar and wartime periods, focusing on the impact of the Vatican and of …
Infamy and Revolt – The Rise of the National Problem in Early Modern Greek Thought
Historians have long speculated on the role played by the Enlightenment in the rise of nationalism in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. The present volume offers a new perspective on …
Wild Capitalism – Environmental Activists and Post–Socialist Ecology in Hungary
Wild Capitalism examines environmental issues in the "New Europe" of the twenty-first century. Specifically, it looks at how the meanings of "civil society" and "environment" have …
For More Than Bread – Community and Identity in American Polonia, 1880–1940
This study is a historical overview of humble individuals who wished for independence from an oppressive government but had more immediate individual and familial concerns. These …
The Eagle and the Cross – A Histroy of the Polish Roman Catholic Union of America 1873–2000
The Polish Roman Catholic Union of America (PRCUA) is the oldest Polish organization in the United States. At a time when many Polish Americans were disenchanted with the …
A Polyethnic Region in East–Central Europe – Studies in the History of Upper Hungary and Slovakia from the 1600s to the Present
The studies in A Polyethnic Region in East-Central Europe are devoted to the Hungarian minority in Slovakia, examining the altered Hungarian- Slovak relationship from various …
Perspectives on Democratic Consolidation in Central & Eastern Europe
This volume consists of 20 studies on problems related to "transition to democracy" in central and eastern Europe during the decade following the collapse of communist states. The …