Download or read book Hungarian Americans in the Current of History written by Steven Béla Várdy and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve articles on Hungarian American history, including four on Louis Kossuth's tumultuous mid-19th-century visit to the United States following the defeat of the Revolution of 1848-1849; two articles on the political activities of Hungarian Americans during and immediately after World War II, wherein an attempt is made to try to explain Hungary's alliance with Nazi Germany; and one article each on sub-topics of Hungarian American history in general such as the relationship of Hungarian Americans to the mother country since the mid-19th century, the changing image and self-image of Hungarian Americans during the same period, the question of dual and multiple identity from the vantage point of Hungarian Americans, the fate of Hungarian victims of the steel mills and coal mines of early 20th-century Western Pennsylvania as portrayed in contemporary poetry, and the unfortunate relationship between Hungarians and Slovaks in turn-of-the-century America.