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From the ghetto to the games : Jewish athletes in Hungary

Title
From the ghetto to the games : Jewish athletes in Hungary / Andrew Handler.
Author
Handler, Andrew, 1935-
Publication
Boulder : East European Monographs ; New York : Distributed by Columbia University Press, 1985.

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Description
xii, 140 pages; 23 cm.
Summary
Documents the contribution of Hungarian Jews to sporting achievements in Hungary in the 19th-20th centuries. In the 19th century the Jew's interest in sports was part of a process of Magyarization and assimilation, despite antisemitism in Hungarian society. Successful Jewish athletes continued to face discrimination, malicious remarks, etc.
Series Statement
East European monographs ; no. 192
Uniform Title
East European monographs ; no. 192.
Subject
  • Jews > Hungary > History
  • Jewish athletes > Hungary
  • Ethnic relations
  • Jewish athletes
  • Jews
  • Geschichte
  • Juden
  • Sportler
  • Juifs > Hongrie > Histoire
  • Athlètes > Hongrie
  • Hungary > Ethnic relations
  • Hungary
  • Ungarn
  • Hongrie > Relations interethniques
  • Juden
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 129-135.
ISBN
  • 0880330856
  • 9780880330855
LCCN
85070780
OCLC
  • ocm13200767
  • 13200767
  • SCSB-643044
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library