Guide to Research and Scholarship in Hungary by Márton Tolnai; Péter Vas-ZoltánReview by: Martyn RadyThe Slavonic and East European Review, Vol. 68, No. 3 (Jul., 1990), p. 581Published by: the Modern Humanities Research Association and University College London, School ofSlavonic and East European StudiesStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4210425 .

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Tolnai, Mairton and Vas-Zoltain, Peter (eds). Guide to Research and Scholarship in Hungary. International Research and Exchanges Board, American Coun- cil of Learned Societies, and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences. Akademiai kiado, Budapest, and Indiana University Press, Bloomington. I988. 2 vols. xvi + I, 1 28 pp. Index. $70.00.

THESE two volumes, based on material gathered in I985-86, celebrate two decades of academic exchange between the United States and Hungary under the auspices of the International Research and Exchanges Board. The princi- pal purpose of the work is to acquaint scholars working in the West with 'the extraordinary intellectual resources of contemporary Hungary' (p. ix). As the editors sternly point out, Hungary's share in research far exceeds her propor- tion of the world's population. While Hungary's population accounts for only 0.24% of that globally, its 'research and development output is 0.38% and the number of scholars and engineers is o.s8% of the world total' (p. xiii).

The work is divided into two sections. The first consists of reports written by representatives of the ten sections of the Academy of Sciences. The second and longer part contains a review of the recent work and current research of 1,265

institutes, museums, university and teacher-training departments, and scien- tific and industrial organizations. Addresses, telephone numbers, and the names of senior staff are helpfully provided.

Inevitably, in such a massive work of reference, a few petty inconsistencies and confusions will occur. Magyar nyelvor is thus variously translated as 'Guardian of the Hungarian Language' and 'Hungarian Purist' (pp. I4, 273); the Budapest City Archive is credited with no documents in its 'feudal collection' predating i686 (it has at least a dozen); and thejournals of many of the organizations listed here appear rather less frequently than is suggested. More surprising is the unexplained omission from the collection of a host of well-known scholarly bodies. Thus, the New Hungarian Central Archive and some local archives are included, but not the Hungarian National Archive. Research institutions belonging to the Party, to the armed services and to the many ecclesiastical organizations are likewise excluded. Such omissions as these not only deprive the two volumes of their completeness as a record but doubtless also result in an underestimation of Hungary's percentage contribu- tion to global research and scholarship. School of Slavonic and East European Studies MARTYN RADY

University ofLondon

H6sch, Edgar. Geschichte der Balkanlander. Von der Frihzeit bis zur Gegenwart. C. H. Beck, Munich, 1988. 335 pp. Maps. Bibliography. Glossary. Chronology. Indexes. DM 58.oo.

IN I968 Edgar H6sch published a short history of the Balkans which was translated into English four years later. He has now expanded that slim volume into a substantial book which will surely remain a standard introduc- tory textbook for the student of Balkan history.

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