A Concise History Of Hungary
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Author | : Miklós Molnár |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2001-04-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521667364 |
A comprehensive history of the land, people, society, culture and economy of Hungary.
Author | : Norman Stone |
Publisher | : Profile Books |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2019-01-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1782834486 |
The victors of the First World War created Hungary from the ruins of the Austro-Hungarian empire, but, in the centuries before, many called for its creation. Norman Stone traces the country's roots from the traditional representative councils of land-owning nobles to the Magyar nationalists of the nineteenth century and the first wars of independence. Hungary's history since 1918 has not been a happy one. Economic collapse and hyperinflation in the post-war years led to fascist dictatorships and then Nazi occupation. Optimism at the end of the Second World War ended when the Iron Curtain descended, and Soviet tanks crushed the last hopes for independence in 1956 along with the peaceful protests in Budapest. Even after the fall of the Berlin Wall, consistent economic growth has remained elusive. This is an extraordinary history - unique yet also representative of both the post-Soviet bloc and of nations forged from the fall of empires.
Author | : Peter F. Sugar |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 452 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780253208675 |
Surveys Hungary's development from prehistory to the postcommunist era
Author | : Pal Engal |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 472 |
Release | : 2001-02-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0857731734 |
Now recognised as the standard work on the subject, Realm of St Stephen is a comprehensive history of medieval Eastern and Central Europe. Pál Engel traces the establishment of the medieval kingdom of Hungary from its conquest by the Magyar tribes in 895 until defeat by the Ottomans at the Battle of Mohacs in 1526. He shows the development of the dominant Magyars who, upon inheriting an almost empty land, absorbed the remaining Slavic peoples into their culture after the original communities had largely disappeared. Engel's book is an accessible and highly readable history. 'This is now the standard English language treatment of medieval Hungary - its internal history as well as its regional and European significance.' --- P W Knoll, University of Southern Carolina (From 'Choice') 'A lively and highly readable narrative ' --- Albrecht Classen, University of Arizona (From 'Mediaevistik')
Author | : Jerzy Lukowski |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 2006-07-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 052185332X |
An updated and expanded second edition covering Polish history from medieval times to the present day.
Author | : Keith Hitchins |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 345 |
Release | : 2014-02-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0521872383 |
A comprehensive and engaging new history charting Romania's development over 2000 years from its establishment to the present day.
Author | : Csaba Békés |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 415 |
Release | : 2022-05-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1469667495 |
In this magisterial and pathbreaking work, Csaba Bekes shares decades of his research to provide a sweeping examination of Hungary's international relations with both the Soviet Bloc and the West from the end of World War II to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Unlike many studies of the global Cold War that focus on East-West relationships—often from the vantage point of the West—Bekes grounds his work in the East, drawing on little-used, non-English sources. As such, he offers a new and sweeping Cold War narrative using Hungary as a case study, demonstrating that the East-Central European states have played a much more important role in shaping both the Soviet bloc's overall policy and the East-West relationship than previously assumed. Similarly, he shows how the relationship between Moscow and its allies, as well as among the bloc countries, was much more complex than it appeared to most observers in the East and the West alike.
Author | : Deborah S. Cornelius |
Publisher | : Fordham University Press |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2011-04-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0823237737 |
The story of Hungary's participation in World War II is part of a much larger narrative—one that has never before been fully recounted for a non-Hungarian readership. As told by Deborah Cornelius, it is a fascinating tale of rise and fall, of hopes dashed and dreams in tatters. Using previously untapped sources and interviews she conducted for this book, Cornelius provides a clear account of Hungary’s attempt to regain the glory of the Hungarian Kingdom by joining forces with Nazi Germany—a decision that today seems doomed to fail from the start. For scholars and history buff s alike, Hungary in World War II is a riveting read. Cornelius begins her study with the Treaty of Trianon, which in 1920 spelled out the terms of defeat for the former kingdom. The new country of Hungary lost more than 70 percent of the kingdom’s territory, saw its population reduced by nearly the same percentage, and was stripped of five of its ten most populous cities. As Cornelius makes vividly clear, nearly all of the actions of Hungarian leaders during the succeeding decades can be traced back to this incalculable defeat. In the early years of World War II, Hungary enjoyed boom times—and the dream of restoring the Hungarian Kingdom began to rise again. Caught in the middle as the war engulfed Europe, Hungary was drawn into an alliance with Nazi Germany. When the Germans appeared to give Hungary much of its pre–World War I territory, Hungarians began to delude themselves into believing they had won their long-sought objective. Instead, the final year of the world war brought widespread destruction and a genocidal war against Hungarian Jews. Caught between two warring behemoths, the country became a battleground for German and Soviet forces. In the wake of the war, Hungary suffered further devastation under Soviet occupation and forty-five years of communist rule. The author first became interested in Hungary in 1957 and has visited the country numerous times, beginning in the 1970s. Over the years she has talked with many Hungarians, both scholars and everyday people. Hungary in World War II draws skillfully on these personal tales to narrate events before, during, and after World War II. It provides a comprehensive and highly readable history of Hungarian participation in the war, along with an explanation of Hungarian motivation: the attempt of a defeated nation to relive its former triumphs.
Author | : Joanne Sasvari |
Publisher | : CanWest Books |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Cookery, Hungarian |
ISBN | : 9781897229057 |
Author | : Paul Bushkovitch |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 517 |
Release | : 2011-12-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1139504444 |
Accessible to students, tourists and general readers alike, this book provides a broad overview of Russian history since the ninth century. Paul Bushkovitch emphasizes the enormous changes in the understanding of Russian history resulting from the end of the Soviet Union in 1991. Since then, new material has come to light on the history of the Soviet era, providing new conceptions of Russia's pre-revolutionary past. The book traces not only the political history of Russia, but also developments in its literature, art and science. Bushkovitch describes well-known cultural figures, such as Chekhov, Tolstoy and Mendeleev, in their institutional and historical contexts. Though the 1917 revolution, the resulting Soviet system and the Cold War were a crucial part of Russian and world history, Bushkovitch presents earlier developments as more than just a prelude to Bolshevik power.