Download or read book Patriots and Proletarians written by Carmela Patrias and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1994 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hungarian immigrants' status as foreigners and their disadvantageous class position prevented them from gaining power in Canadian society, forcing them to rely almost exclusively on ideologies and institutions within their own communities to better their situation. Focusing on the social and cultural dimensions of immigrant politics, Carmela Patrias places the Hungarian situation within the larger context of immigration history.