An exiled generation
Subtitle: German and Hungarian refugees of revolution, 1848-1871
By: Heléna Tóth (Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9781107046634
Subjects: History; Revolutions; Germans; Migrations; Hungarians; Exiles; Political refugees; Social conditions; HISTORY / Europe / General
Description: "Focusing on émigrés from Baden, Wurttemberg and Hungary in four host societies (Switzerland, the Ottoman Empire, England and the United States), Heléna Tóth considers exile in the aftermath of the revolutions of 1848-1849 as a European phenomenon with global dimensions. While exile is often presented as an individual challenge, Tóth studies its collective aspects in the realms of the family and of professional and social networks. Exploring the interconnectedness of these areas, she argues that although we often like to sharply distinguish between labor migration and exile, these categories were anything but stable after the revolutions of 1848-1849; migration belonged to the personal narrative of the revolution for a broad section of the population. Moreover, discussions about exile and amnesty played a central role in formulating the legacy of the revolutions not only for the émigrés but also for their social environment and, ultimately, the governments of the restoration. As a composite, the stories of émigrés shaped the post-revolutionary era and reflected its contradictions"--
Table of contents: title: Introduction: "Our story belongs to you"; title: Leaving; title: "What good does it do to ruin our family?"; title: Exile as a profession, professions in exile; title: The roots of the uprooted : émigré networks; title: Returning; title: Conclusion.