Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1977 (5. évfolyam, 13-15. szám)
1977 / 15. szám
siHUNGARIAN STUDIES síZáMJilNEWSLETTER No. 15 Winter 1977-78 Published three times a year: Winter, Spring and Autumn Editor: Dr. Bela C. Maday Journal Review Editor: Dr. Enikő' M. Basa Corresponding Editor: Dr. Lora'nt Cziga'ny (London) Communications concerning content should be sent to the: EDITOR, HSN 4528 - 49th STREET, N.W. WASHINGTON, DC 20016 Annual subscription in the United States: $3.00; abroad $4.00. Current single copy $1.00; back issues $1.50 each. Communications concerning subscriptions, advertising and circulation should be sent to: HUNGARIAN RESEARCH CENTER AMERICAN HUNGARIAN FOUNDATION 177 SOMERSET STREET P.O. BOX 1084 NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ 08903 BOOKS (Continued) area of implementation. The volume describes changes of the latter; the regulatory system as such; problems and achievements between 1971 and 1975; expectations of the next five-year plan; price and income structures; incentives for investment; regulations in regard to foreign and domestic trade, agricultural and food industry, transportation, communication, and the service industries. A glossary of technical terms concludes the volume. Sólyom-Fekete, William. LEGAL RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN TRAVEL AND EMIGRATION IN THE HUNGARIAN PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC. Law Library, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20540. 1977. 120 pages. Free copies are available from the Law Librarian upon request. This is a comprehensive presentation of the laws and regulations governing foreign travel and emigration from Hungary. The purpose of the study is to document the extent of Hungarian compliance with the stipulations of the Helsinki agreement in the area of travel and emigration. Following a brief introduction, a chapter is devoted to general travel regulations. The next two chapters enumerate provisions of the Criminal Code pertaining to travel and stay abroad, and other consequences connected with passports and travel regulations. Amnesty provisions, regulations on travel in the border zone, and special rules pertaining to the travel of military personnel are treated separately. The appendix contains translations of laws and edicts referred to in the text. Except for the Conclusion, no references are made to actual practices. The author concludes that statutory provisions do not allow freedom of movement as stipulated in article 13 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Actual practices can only be inferred from government statistics which show that 252,000 persons or 7.2% of all travelers went to noncommunist countries in 1975, as against 14.9% in 1966. The author is Senior Legal Specialist in the European Law Division of the Library of Congress. Abony, Malvina Hauk and James A. Anderson. HUNGARIANS OF DETROIT. Ethnic Studies Division, Center for Urban Studies, Wayne State U., 5229 Cass Avenue, Detroit, Ml 48202. 1977. 67 pages, maps, charts, illustr. $3.00 paper. No. 1. in the Peopling of Michigan series. This booklet presents data on Hungarians in the Detroit area in the context of other ethnic groups of the city, general Hungarian immigration to the U.S., and general census data. After giving an all too short historical and geographical background of Hungary, the authors discuss Hungarian immigrants in terms of socio-economic patterns, employment patterns, work experience, settlement patterns, population trends, and future prospects. “Famous Hungarians” are listed and the text is illustrated by charts, maps, diagrams and a few drawings in color. Mrs. Abonyi is a Research Assistant, and Anderson is the Director of the Division of Ethnic Studies at Wayne State U. Cunningham, Barbara, ed. THE NEW JERSEY ETHNIC EXPERIENCE. Wm. H. Wise & Co., 336 Mountain Road, Union City, NJ. 466 pages, illus. $16.95 cloth; $6.95 paper. This volume is not about what ethnic groups think of each other, but rather what ethnic groups think of themselves, in a manner that anthropologists call the emic point of view. New Jersey has some 50 identifiable ethnic groups of which 31 contributed to this unique compendium. The book is on New Jersey, but it has relevance as a case study of ethnicity in other parts of the U.S. also. The introduction written by the editor tells us that the book is the result of the efforts of the New Jersey American Revolution Bicentennial Celebration Commission. The Hungarian contribution to the volume, Hungarian pioneers and immigrants in New Jersey since colonial days, (pp. 249-266) is the work of AHF President August J. Molnár who was instrumental in the production of the entire volume. He presents a historical background of the contemporary Hungarian community in New Jersey, then concentrates on Hungarians in New Brunswick. He says the number of “Hungarian ethnics” in New Jersey is calculated as about 146,000, against the 1970 Census figure which lists 70,000 of whom 50,000 were foreign born, and 20,000 were U.S. born with a foreign or mixed parentage. The article is augmented with a recommended reading list, and is illustrated with three pictures. Király, Bela K. and George Barany eds. EAST CENTRAL EUROPEAN PERCEPTIONS OF EARLY AMERICA. Peter DeRidder Press, distributed by Humanities Press, Atlantic Highlands, NJ 07716.144 pages,tables. No. 5 in the Studies on Society in Change series of Brooklyn College. $7.75 paper. The volume, dedicated to the American bicentennial, presents a collection of essays on how Austrians, Czechs, Hungarians, and Poles viewed America in historical perspec(Continued on page 3) 2 NO. 15, 1977-78, HUNGARIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER
