The 1956 Hungarian Revolution: Hungarian and Canadian Perspectives

Contents

Contents Preface vii Introduction 1 Part I The Revolution, Hungary, and the World Chapter 1 The Hungarian Revolution of 1956: Causes, Aims, and Course of Events János M. Rainer 12 Chapter 2 Could the Hungarian Revolution Have Succeeded in 1956? Myths, Legends, and Illusions Csaba Békés 32 Chapter 3 The Economic Platforms of the Re-formed Political Parties in 1956 Susan Glanz 53 Chapter 4 The Role of Women in the 1956 Revolution Mária Palasik 93 Chapter 5 The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 as Narrated by Shoah Survivors Júlia Vajda 115 Chapter 6 The Impact of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution in Argentina Judith Kesserű Némethy 140 Chapter 7 1956 in the Republic of Hungary since 1989 Heino Nyyssönen 151 v Part II The Canadian Context Chapter 8 Canada and Hungarian Refugees: The Historical Context Harold Troper 176 Chapter 9 The 1956-1957 Refugee Movement in the Context of Hungarian Immigration to Canada since the Late 19th Century Nándor Dreisziger 194 Chapter 10 Arrival and Reception: Hungarian Refugees, 1956–1957 Peter Hidas 223 Chapter 11 “An Unselfish Interest?”: Canada and the Hungarian Revolution, 1954–1957 Greg Donaghy 256 Chapter 12 Changing Times: Kanadai Magyar Munkás (The Canadian-Hungarian Worker) and the 1956 Revolution Christopher Adam 275 Appendix Conference Notes 292 Contributors 296 vi The 1956 Hungarian Revolution: Canadian and Hungarian Perspectives ...