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This digital document is an article from Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods and Recipes of the World, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 1073 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Provides comprehensive coverage of the foods and recipes of approximately 75 cultural groups from more than 60 countries. Entries provide 10-15 recipes for each group and include data on the agriculture and dietary habits of each group as well as an overview of each group's nutrition and health. ... Read more

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Bilingual text is Hungarian and English, 150 pp. includes many color photos of the collections, Permanent Exhibition of the Museum. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 1891 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.

The second edition of the “International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family” adopts an international, cross-cultural approach to such diverse and important topics as adolescent parenthood, family planning, cohabitation, widowhood, domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, codependency and commuter marriages. It includes articles specific to countries and to religious traditions, examining the history of family life within these cultures and discussing how families have been affected by political and social change.

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Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successful business relationships.

Culture Smart! offers illuminating insights into the culture and society of a particular country. It will help you to turn your visit-whether on business or for pleasure-into a memorable and enriching experience. Contents include


* customs, values, and traditions
* historical, religious, and political background
* life at home
* leisure, social, and cultural life
* eating and drinking
* do's, don'ts, and taboos
* business practices
* communication, spoken and unspoken


"Culture Smart has come to the rescue of hapless travellers." Sunday Times Travel

"... the perfect introduction to the weird, wonderful and downright odd quirks and customs of various countries." Global Travel

"...full of fascinating-as well as common-sense-tips to help you avoid embarrassing faux pas." Observer

"...as useful as they are entertaining." Easyjet Magazine

"...offer glimpses into the psyche of a faraway world." New York Times
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Just OK
The State Department profile probably has as much information available online for free.Still, this guide does give some personal insight into the country and its people.

Culture Guide
This book series is a must for looking at culture.The school has a group of student who will be visitin g Hungary very shortlu and this book helped them prepare. ... Read more

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Hungarian cinema has often been forced to tread a precarious and difficult path. Through the failed 1919 revolution to the defeat of the 1956 Uprising and its aftermath, Hungarian film-makers and their audiences have had to contend with a multiplicity of problems. In the 1960s, however, Hungary entered into a period of relative stability and increasing cultural relaxation, resulting in an astonishing growth of film-making. Innovative and groundbreaking directors such as Miklós Jancsó (Hungarian Rhapsody, The Red and the White), István Szabó (Mephisto, Sunshine) and Márta Mészaros (Little Vilma: The Last Diary) emerged and established the reputation of Hungarian films on a global basis. This is the first book to discuss all major aspects of Hungarian cinema, including avant-garde, animation, and representations of the Gypsy and Jewish minorities. ... Read more

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reflects the history of Hungary
Cunningham intertwines the history of Hungarian cinema with the history of Hungary itself. The tortured narrative of the Hungarian nation from the 1920s to World War 2 and thence under decades of Soviet rule. Before the war, cinematic output was quite respectable for a nation of its size. With support from the government and intelligensia. But already there were stirrings of nationalism echoed in several films.

After the war, the Soviet influence imposed a necessary conformity. Some nice movies were still made. But usually confined to innocuous topics. The events of 1956 and their impact on film making get a good discussion.

The book devotes a lot of space to the developments after the end of the Cold War. Western European funds were now available for larger budget movies. And several were in fact co-produced with foreign studios. We see a convergence of professionalism and sophistication approaching that of Hollywood. Though of course without the latter's megabudgets.

It should be said that the majority of films and actors mentioned in the book will be unknown to American readers. Few people outside Hungary speak Hungarian, and ultimately, this has restricted the reknown of their cinema. ... Read more

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" . . . Zsuzsanna Ozsvath bring[s] forth Radnoti's life, his thought, and his passion with a depth of insight that is rare in a scholar. Brilliant, penetrating, and passionate, Ozsvath's book sets a new standard of excellence in Holocaust studies." --David Patterson, The University of Memphis

In the Footsteps of Orpheus considers the life and work of Mikl--s Radn--ti, one of Hungary's greatest twentieth-century poets. It examines Radn--ti's artistic development and premonitory poetry and illuminates the intellectual ambience in which he lived. Ultimately, it follows the poet's route into the forced labor camp and on the death march, exploring both the circumstances of his murder and the impact of the atrocities he suffered on his creative imagination. ... Read more

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This is the latest addition to the Atlantic Studies on Society in Change series, under which banner more than one hundred and twenty monographs have appeared to date. In a departure from most of its predecessors, the book is not in the form of a monograph but has called on the assistance of a large group of specialists to review Hungarian achievments in various fields of the natural sciences, technology, the arts, and sport. ... Read more

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"... excellent... " -- Slavic Review

"... displays a depth of scholarship and breadth of research which in the main is distilled into a fascinating read. At last Mészáros is getting the attention she deserves."  -- Sight and Sound

"Drawing on personal reminiscences, interviews with Meszaros, and critiques of individual films, Portuges delineates in detailed and convincing fashion the cultural contradictions surrounding Meszaros and her art." -- Signs

"This book provides engaging insight to works by one of Hungary's best contemporary filmmakers, Márta Mészáros." -- Canadian Slavonic Papers

A fascinating exploration of the culture of post-Stalinist Eastern Europe through a detailed study of the achievements of its foremost woman director -- and revealing interviews with the filmmaker and her collaborators. Márta Mészáros's visual representations of youth, sexual difference, and class conflict challenged official socialist versions of gender, family relations, and workers' lives. Her films include documentaries and features and the recently completed Diary of My Father and Mother.

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Zavodszky shows how the politics and culture of the American colonies- and later the United States- had a crucial impact on Hungarian thought, deeply influencing the outcomes of the Hungarian Age of Reform. ... Read more

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Zsolnay ceramic art from Hungary, featuring over 400 color photographs, covers the three main periods of Zsolnay production: 1868 to 1897--Folklorism, Historicism, Victorian Eclecticism; 1897 to 1920--Art Nouveau; and Art Deco; and 1920 to the present--Modernism. An entire chapter is devoted to Zsolnay marks to help identify the pieces. There are almost 11,000 different forms of domestic Zsolnay art works; 700 were issued in 1900 alone, and there are many undocumented forms imported in England and America. Along with the charming miniature, green-glazed, multi-figural series that Zsolnay is most identified with today, there is a wealth of earlier pieces to be found. A value range is given for each item in the book. ... Read more

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An annual publication of one of the leading scientific centres of Hungarian "ethnography", the Institute of Ethnology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Coronation of the Hungarian Monarch was a ceremony in which the King or Queen of the Kingdom of Hungary was formally crowned and invested with regalia. It corresponded to the coronation ceremonies that occurred in other European monarchies. ... Read more

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Cluj-Napoca. Castra, Socialist Republic of Romania, Municipium, Hungarian People, Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, Transylvanian Saxons, Protestant Reformation, Personal Union, Unio Trium Nationum, Kingdom of Romania, Babe?-Bolyai University, Snowmaking, Ski Resort, Continental Climate, Public Transport, Children's Rights. ... Read more