Valerie Miké

Seeking Freedom and Justice for Hungary (eBook, PDF)

John Madl-Miké (1905-1981), the Kolping Movement, and the Years in Exile, Volume 1, Hungary and Germany (1905-1949)

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Produktbeschreibung

Seeking Freedom and Justice for Hungary is the story of the vigorous Catholic worker movement developed in Hungary after the devastations of World War I, unique in the history of twentieth-century Europe. It emerged from the revival of the institution founded by Adolph Kolping, a contemporary of Karl Marx in Germany, to seek a Christian solution to the worker crisis brought on by the Industrial Revolution. The Hungarian plan envisioned a strong middle class of independent entrepreneurs and an economic system between Marxism and the monopolistic capitalism then dominant in Europe. It was reaching maturity when halted by Germany's invasion of Hungary in 1944 and then destroyed by subsequent Soviet occupation and Communist rule. The story is told through the life of its national leader, John Madl-Miké, whose experiences enabled him later in the United States to make original observations on American capitalism with vital support for the anti-Communist cause. Book includes a 16-page photospread of historical illustrations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761890225
• Artikelnr.: 74848396

Autorenporträt

Valerie Miké, a native of Budapest, Hungary, has a doctorate in mathematics and is a professor at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, with a special interest in ethical issues pertaining to uncertainty in biomedical science and technology. Hungarian historians of the older generation who had personal knowledge of events urged her to undertake a biography of her father, lest all be lost for posterity. Important help was provided by her brother John Jr., an MIT-trained physicist with a wide range of interests including history and political theory.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Attila Miklósházy, SJ.
Acknowledgments
Hungary: A Brief History
Introduction
Prologue
PART I: HUNGARY (1905-1945)
1 Family Life
2 The Hungarian Kolping Movement
Appendix to Chapter 2
3 Reconstruction: The Early Years (1923-1931)
Appendix to Chapter 3
4 Flowering: The Later Years (1931-1944)
Appendix to Chapter 4
5 Toward a Brighter Future: The Goal Is in Sight
Appendix to Chapter 5
PART II: GERMANY (1945-1949)
6 Refugees in a Foreign Land
7 Building Community
Appendix to Chapter 7
8 An Uncertain Future
Appendix to Chapter 8
PART III: PREVIEW OF VOLUME 2
Volume 2: USA (1949-1981)
Commentary: The Statesman by John Miké, Jr.
Small Business and Capitalism in Europe and the United States
(Text of Study)
Epilogue
List of Chapter Appendices
Bibliography
Notes on Translation and Terminology
Index
Picture Credits