This book features five essays on why public debate about Hungary's Jewish population has been confined to the dichotomy of assimilation and dissimilation instead of integration.

This book looks at the problems connected with the modernization of a Central European state and its development from a feudal to a civil society. Using the history of Hungary over the last 150 years as a model, the author sheds light on political, social and economic trends in the region as a whole.

Andras Gero examines how Hungarian nationalists and communists used illusionism and the impact of this trend on Hungarian literature, politics, and culture. The author finds that illusionism has its roots in both realism and utopianism.

Nine established Hungarian scholars reexamine various aspects of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy.

Long-time expert on the social and political movements of Hungary, Andras Gero turns his keen eye to the motivations, desires, and actions behind the design and decoration of Kossuth Square, a public space that faces Hungary's Building of Parliament.