Seeking Freedom and Justice for Hungary: John Madl-Miké (1905–1981), the Kolping Movement, and the Years in Exile

Valerie Miké Valerie Miké

doi:10.5771/9780761865650

Summary

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.

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Edition: 1/2015
Copyright year: 2015
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7618-6564-3
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7618-6565-0
Publisher: Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 312
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Foreword No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
4. Hungary No access
5. Introduction No access
Prologue No access Pages 1 - 2
1. Ch01. Family Life No access
2. Ch02. The Hungarian Kolping Movement No access
3. Ch03. Reconstruction No access
4. Ch04. Flowering No access
5. Ch05. Toward a Brighter Future No access
6. Photospread No access
1. Ch06. Refugees in a Foreign Land No access
2. Ch07. Building Community No access
3. Ch08. An Uncertain Future No access
1. Volume 2 USA (1949–1981) No access
2. Commentary No access
3. Small Business and Capitalism in Europe and the United States No access
Epilogue No access Pages 299 - 300
List of Chapter Appendices No access Pages 301 - 302
Bibliography No access Pages 303 - 304
Notes on Translation and Terminology No access Pages 305 - 306
Index No access Pages 307 - 310
PICTURE CREDITS No access Pages 311 - 312