A concise history of Hungary

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Label

A concise history of Hungary

Statement of responsibility

Miklós Molnár ; translated by Anna Magyar

Creator

• Molnár, Miklós, 1918-2003

Subject

• Hungary -- History

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng

Summary

This book offers a comprehensive thousand-year history of the land, people, society, culture and economy of Hungary, from its nebulous origins in the Ural Mountains to the elections of 1988. It tells above all the thrilling story of a people which became a great power in the region and then fought against - and was invaded by - Ottomans, Germans and Soviets. The Hungarian people preserved nevertheless a continuous individuality through its Ural-born language and a specifically Hungaro-European culture. Dominated from the sixteenth century by the Habsburgs, while ruling its own national minorities, Hungary was deprived of two-thirds of its lands and peoples through successive treaties which followed the two World Wars, after which it fell under Soviet domination for nearly fifty years. Free and independent since 1990, Hungary continues to seek its rightful position in Europe.--Publisher description

Member of

• Histoire de la Hongrie
• Cambridge concise histories

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

943.9

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

DB925.1

LC item number

.M6413 2001

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Cambridge concise histories