Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1976 (4. évfolyam, 9-12. szám)
1976 / 9. szám
st HUNGARIAN ^§11 STUDIES NEWSLETTER No. 9 Winter 1976- published three times a year -Editor: Dr. Bela C. Maday Journal Review Editor: Dr. Enikő' M. Basa Corresponding Editor: Dr. Lorant Czigany (London) Communications concerning content should be sent to the: EDITOR, HSN 4528 - 49th STREET, N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20016 Subscription in the United States: $3.00; abroad $4.00. Current single copy $1.00; back issues $1.50 each. Communications concerning subscriptions and circulation should be sent to: HUNGARIAN RESEARCH CENTER AMERICAN HUNGARIAN FOUNDATION 177 SOMERSET STREET P.O. BOX 1084 NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. 08903 BOOKS (Continued) and with a subvention from the Austrian Government. This most recent volume, like its predecessors, contains scholarly articles related to the geographical area of the Austro- Hungarian Monarchy, hence, a good many writings concerning Hungary. Each major article is followed by comments solicited by the editor, a process which has been very successfully used by other journals, like Current Anthropology, constitutes a useful service to both the writer and the reader. The leading article is by Wolfram W. Swoboda (Pennsylvania St. U.) on “The Changing Views of Marx and Engels about the Nationalities in the Austrian Monarchy, 1845-1855,” and includes observations on the Magyars. (stvan Varga, Hans Mommsen, and David R. Jones commented on the article. The second article is by Kurt Wessely (Austrian East and Southeastern European Institute) on “The Development of Hungarian Military Frontier until the Middle of the Eighteenth Century.” Gunther E. Rothenberg, and Wayne S. Vuchinich have commented. Other major contributions are on religion by Bertram M. Gordon, and on diplomatic history by Roy A. Austensen. Also of interest to our readers may be Paul R. Magocsi's (Harvard U.) piece on “Historiographical Guide to Subcarpathian Rus’ ” and John Komlos’ (U. of Chicago) “Dissertations on Hungarian History Completed Since 1920.” The volume also includes accounts of doctoral dissertations, books, research projects, periodicals related to Austrian history. An extensive book review section discusses among others a good number of books related to Hungary. Széplaki, Joseph. THE HUNGARIANS IN AMERICA 1583- 1974: A Chronology and Fact Book. Dobbs Ferry: Oceana Publications Inc., 75 Main Street, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. 10522, 1975. 152 pages, appendicies. $6.00 cloth. The volume is no. 18 in the Ethnic Chronology Series of the publisher. In the series Oceana seeks to assist educational institutions in obtaining data on the contribution of various ethnic groups to the American culture as a whole. Included in each volume are a chronological history of the advent of the particular group to the U.S.; its contribution to the American society; documents of relevance; a history of its great personalities; population statistics; newspapers and periodicals; and a selective annotated bibliography for further research. The Hungarian volume conforms to the general format except for the absence of a history of Hungarian personalities, and annotation of the bibliography. The author presents a chronology beginning with Stephen Parmenius (1583) and ending with Hungarian planned contributions to the 1976 Bicentennial. A select group of documents follow, covering 53 pages. The appendicies contain lists of prominent Hungarians in America, Hungarian periodicals, societies, churches, schools and language courses, university offerings, library collections, and Hungarian-named geographical locations in the U.S.; as well as statistical data on Hungarian immigrants admitted to the U.S. The volume is concluded by a select bibliography and a name index. The HSN is listed among the periodicals as appearing “irregularly.” We hope this is not an error of intent, since the HSN has been appearing regularly since its inception. Dr. Széplaki is Head of the Acquisition Dept, of the U. of Minnesota Library. Volgyes, Ivan, (ed.) POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION IN EASTERN EUROPE; A COMPARATIVE FRAMEWORK. New York: Praeger, 111 Fourth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10003 and 5, Cromwell Place, London, SW7 2JL, England, 1975. 199 pages, tables. $16.50 cloth. The volume is introduced by a discussion of the conceptual framework of the presentation, and a chapter on each, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania. The chapter on Hungary was written by the editor and deals with the development of current socialization policies, agencies and media of political socialization, major themes of socialization, and evaluation of political socialization efforts. He concludes that the principal themes emphasized are building socialism, socialist morality, menace of capitalism, support of socialist commonwealth, socialist patriotism, antinationalism, and anti-individualism. He illustrates his points with tables mostly based on content analysis of TV programs and newspapers, showing content and popularity of programs, frequency and intensity of socialization themes, author and literary preferences, etc. He cites Mihály Sükösd when he says “The positive and negative themes of political socialization that the regime has attempted to inculcate in the youth have been internalized as communication tools rather than deeply believed and accepted values. They remain ‘quite loyal, rather than opportunistic. The only problem is that there can be nothing gained from this loyalty, because it is based on the soil of indifference and a desire to live in privacy.’ ” The absence of diacritical marks from the text is deplorable. Dr. Volgyes is Assoc. Prof of Political Science at the U. of Nebraska. 2 NO. 9 1976 HUNGARIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER
