1956 Hungarian Revolution - Hungarian and Canadian Perspectives

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Adam is a sessional lecturer at Carleton University. Tibor Egervari is professor emeritus at the University of Ottawa. He is a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, as well as an Officier des Palmes Académiques. Leslie Laczko is chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Ottawa. He is the author of Pluralism and Inequality in Quebec (University of Toronto Press, 1995). Judy Young is president of the Canada-Hungary Education Foundation, Ottawa. Klappentext Based on papers presented at the conference: The 1956 Hungarian Revolution 50 Years Later -- Canadian and International Perspectives, held at the University of Ottawa, Oct. 12-14, 2006. Zusammenfassung In October 1956! a spontaneous uprising took Hungarian Communist authorities by surprise! prompting Soviet authorities to invade the country. After a few days of violent fighting! the revolt was crushed. This collection focuses on the impact of the revolution in Hungary! in Canada! and around the world.

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• Authors: Christopher (EDT)/ Egervari Adam
• Assisted by: Christopher Adam (Editor), Tibor Egervari (Editor), Leslie Laczko (Editor), Leslii Laczko (Editor), Judy Young (Editor)
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 15.04.2009, delayed
• EAN: 9780776607054
• ISBN: 978-0-7766-0705-4
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: International Canadian Studies; International Canadian Studies Series; International Canadian Studies Series; International Canadian Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous