Az Eszterházy Károly Tanárképző Főiskola Tudományos Közleményei. 2000. [Vol. 6.] Eger Journal of American Studies. (Acta Academiae Paedagogicae Agriensis : Nova series ; Tom. 26)

Book reviews - András Tarnóc: Tibor Frank: Ethnicity, Propaganda, Myth-Making: Studies on Hungarian Connections to Britain and America 1848-1945.

ANDRÁS TARNÓC TIBOR FRANK: ETHNICITY, PROPAGANDA, MYTHMAKING: STUDIES ON HUNGARIAN CONNECTIONS TO BRITAIN AND AMERICA 1848-1945 Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1999. 391 pp. "Multunk mind össze van torlódva s mint szorongó kivándorlókra, ránk is úgy vár az új világ (JózsefAttila "Hazám") The focus of Tibor Frank's ambitious and extremely valuable study bears relevance to today as well since in an age when the international agenda is dominated by such issues as globalization versus the preservation of national identities and cultures, propaganda and mythmaking can function as effective tools of identity preservation. In his book Frank focuses on a critical period of world history as in the virtual century between 1848-1945 both the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and the Anglo-Saxon world underwent tremendous changes including a revolutionary wave shaking the feudal system in Central Europe and the birth and fall of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy along with the shift of geopolitical dominance from Britain to the United States. Whereas the subtitle of the book might imply that the author assigns priority to the Hungarian point of view in his inquiry, the essays covering three large areas: nativism and immigration restriction, propaganda and politics, and a reevaluation of the relationship between Marx and Kossuth reveal a mutual dependence 221