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CHOICE Review

Intermingling of ethnic groups has been a persistent characteristic of East Central Europe's history. Especially in the Danubian basin has it been difficult, if not impossible, to speak of any region as being ethnically homogeneous. This volume, a collaborative effort by 21 scholars from Hungary and the West, addresses the question of Hungarians and their relations with other ethnic groups in the 20th century. A section on historical background is followed by one that treats Hungarians living in Romania, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and the Carpatho-Ukraine. A final section discusses thematically the problems implied by the book's subtitle: "a divided {{Hungarian}} nation," and proposes a variety of practical and idealistic solutions. Statistical, geographical, and chronological appendixes are complemented by an extensive bibliography. Written from a Hungarian standpoint, the volume seeks to call attention to the problem of ethnic tensions--particularly affecting Hungarians--in the Danube region. Generally the tone is neither polemical nor revisionist, but the collection deals with controversial issues that evoke ethnic and national passions from all involved. College, university, and public libraries. -P. W. Knoll, University of Southern California