Somogy megye múltjából - Levéltári évkönyv 23. (Kaposvár, 1992)

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According to the author, the history of a manor cannot be separated from the family history of the landowners as events are usually connected with certain persons: the landowner chooses the leading experts, designates the economic aims, and is the one to both acquire and lose the manor. Forestry and the history of hunting in the manors are also discussed in the study.

Judit Knézy, Chapters from the Material Culture of Four Villages of Nagyberek in the County of Somogy, Part Two:

The first part of this study was published in the Yearbook for 1991. This second one documents the formation and development of peasant embroidery. In addition, it explains individual features of spinning and weaving in the village and environments of Buzsák, and describes the nationally known methods of embroidery, cutting and sewing women’s shirts as done at the end of the 19th century. Photos and drawings illustrate local peasant costumes.

Ferenc Szili, Emigration from Somogy to Croatia and Slavonia (1880-1914), Part Two:

The first part of this study was published in the Yearbook for 1991. In this part the second phase of emigration (1880-1914) is discussed. Data according to settlements is given about the number, financial conditions, jobs and marital status of the emigrants. Charts were made by computers. The geographical position of the settlements with Hungarian population in Croatia and in Slavonia is shown as well as the villages where immigrants settled.

Tibor Bognár, Contributions to the History of Resistance Against Volksbund in Villages with German Population in Somogy:

In volumes 19-22 of the Yearbook the author published the history of afflictions suffered by the German population in the County of Somogy. This study describes the resistance against Volksbund activities. In some settlements this resistance was quite considerable among German-speaking minority. Details of this problematic situation in villages with German population during the war are also discussed.

László Szántó, Diagnosis of Stalinist Agricultural Policy at the Summarizing Discussion in Kaposvár:

The topic of the agricultural debate that later became a political mass demonstration was a study called „Somogy - a .Summary”, which was written by sociologist István Márkus and published in September, 1956. The strongly critical writing, as well as the contributions to the debate, suggest that Stalinist agricultural policy in the 1950s led to a deep crisis in Hungarian agricultural production and in the method of production followed by Hungarian peasantry. The author and most of the contributions stressed the importance of the self-determination of peasants and of a gradual socialist transition emphesazing the peasant’s freedom to choose the right method of production. The political aftermath of the study by Márkus, of the debate in Kaposvár, of the later experiences of the participants, and of the fact that the debate was later considered to be counterrevolutionary preparation are all typical examples of the employment of violent political manipulative means during the Kádár-regime.

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