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Ties that bind, ties that divide : 100 years of Hungarian experience in the United States /

"The nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were times of change in the United States. The influx of immigrants gave the country a new face as well as a new culture. Often overshadowed by the stories of other immigrant communities, the Hungarian experience is finally brought to the forefront...

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Main Author: Puskás, Julianna, (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Hungarian
Published: New York : Holmes & Meier, 2000.
Series:Ellis Island series
Subjects and Genres:
Hungarian Americans > History.
Hungarian Americans > Cultural assimilation.
Américains d'origine hongroise > Histoire.
Américains d'origine hongroise > Acculturation.
Emigration and immigration.
Hungarian Americans.
Einwanderung
Auswanderung
Immigranten.
Hongaren.
Hungary > Emigration and immigration > History.
United States > Emigration and immigration > History.
Hungary.
United States.
USA.
Magyaren.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Migration
  • Hungarian Society: Between Feudalism and Capitalism
  • The Pattern of Migration: 1876-1910s
  • The Pattern of Migration: The Village of Szamosszeg
  • "You Ask Me Why I Came ..."
  • The Repercussions in Hungary of Overseas Migration: 1870-1914
  • Painting Pictures of an El Dorado
  • Emigration and Public Opinion in Hungary
  • American Immigration Policy: The Era of Regulations, 1882-1914
  • The Formation of Hungarian Ethnic Communities from 1880 to the 1920s
  • Settlement Patterns
  • In the Coal Mines and the Steel Mills
  • The First Hungarian-American Businessmen
  • Establishing Secular Organizations
  • Building Religious Institutions
  • The Function of the Hungarian Ethnic Press
  • Ties to American and Hungarian Political Parties
  • The Conflict of Loyalties during World War I
  • Under the Pressure of Assimilation
  • The Gates Close
  • "Let's Be American; Let's Remain Hungarian"
  • The Churches Caught in the Middle
  • The Secular Organizations: Divergence of Paths and Goals
  • The Hungarian-American Newspapers: Proposing Different Paths to Integration
  • The 1930s: Class and Ethnic Solidarity
  • The Second Generation: Its Own Identity
  • World War II: A New Identity Crisis
  • The Postwar Period
  • The Arrival of the Displaced Persons: 1948-52
  • The Arrival of the Freedom Fighters: 1956-57
  • The Newcomers: Integration and Conflict
  • From Group Identity to Individual Identity
  • The Spread of Overseas Migration from Austria-Hungary and Polish Territories, 1870-1913
  • Emigration from Hungary Overseas, 1899-1913.
  • Overseas Emigration as a Percentage of the Natural Increase 1899-1913
  • Migration Flow from Europe, 1861-1913
  • Migration Flow from Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Russia, 1861-1913
  • Distribution of Immigrants by Occupation and Ethnic Groups, 1899-1924
  • Ethnic Composition of Overseas Emigrants from Austria-Hungary 1899-1913
  • Occupational Distribution of Emigrants from Hungary
  • Immigrants Admitted from East-Central Europe
  • Immigrants Born in Hungary, by Sex and Age
  • Hungarian Refugees into the United States by Occupation
  • Hungarian Refugees into the United States with No Occupation
  • Hungarian Refugees into the United States by Sex and Age
  • Occupational Distribution of Immigrants to the United States from Hungary, Compared with All Immigrants and Those from Neighboring Countries
  • Social Structure of Immigrants (16 Years Old and Over) Born in Hungary and Migrating to the United States
  • Distribution of the Hungarian Ethnic Group in the United States.

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