Ethnic Questions in the Hungarian Migration Policy until 1914 – Forming the Main Lines of a State-Backed Action Concerning the Migrants in the United
Ethnic Questions in the Hungarian Migration Policy until 1914 – Forming the Main Lines of a State-Backed Action Concerning the Migrants in the United
Author(s): Balázs PálvölgyiSubject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: STS Science Centre Ltd
Keywords: Migration; Austria-Hungary; United States; ethnic questions; secret governmental action
Summary/Abstract: In the second half of the 19th century, when the mass-migration flow started from Hungary mainly to the United States and to other American destinations, the Hungarian government slowly revealed the complexity of this social phenomenon. In the early years of the Hungarian migration, it was the economic and military question, which gave a push to the governmental steps in a higher level, and from the end of the 19th century, it was the ethnic problem, which made the Hungarian policy ambiguous.
Journal: Journal on European History of Law
- Issue Year: 2/2011
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 86-91
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English
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