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Author Czigány, Magda, 1935-

Title "Just like other students" : reception of the 1956 Hungarian refugee students in Britain / by Magda Czigány
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 216 pages)
Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; CHAPTER I; CHAPTER II; CHAPTER III; CHAPTER IV; CHAPTER V; CHAPTER VI; CHAPTER VII; CHAPTER VIII; CHAPTER IX; CHAPTER X; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; SELECTED SOURCES; INDEX OF NAMES
Summary Based on extensive archival research and in-depth interviews with former refugee students, the author has painted a detailed picture of how and why the students came to Britain after the failure of the 1956 revolution. She chronicles their studies and achievements and their attempts to adapt to British society and recalls the extraordinary welcome extended to them by British higher educational institutions as well as the magnanimous response by the people of Britain to the appeal to raise fun ..
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Hungarian students -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Political refugees -- Hungary -- History -- 20th century
Political refugees -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
British & Irish history.
Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000.
Refugees & political asylum.
EDUCATION -- Higher.
Hungarian students
Political refugees
Public opinion, British
Ungarischer Flüchtling
Ungarischer Student
SUBJECT Hungary -- History -- Revolution, 1956 -- Foreign public opinion, British
Subject Great Britain
Hungary
Großbritannien
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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