CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Csendes Jozsef |
|---|---|
| Title | Bourgeois Development Of Roma From The Reform Age To Trianon (1825-1920) |
| Summary | This paper explores the topic of how Hungarian Roma1 were integrated into the society of the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the period that stretched from 1825 to 1920. A period of transition, this era represented an important crossroads in the lives of both the Hungarian and Roma people as a capitalist economy was established and society subsequently became rearranged. As social and economic structures were reshuffled, more opportunities arose for some Roma families to acquire wealth or even start a business. This ability to gain upward mobility thereby allowed them to move towards the middle class. In principle, therefore, the marginalized social group of Roma could become equal members of society. The Hungarian reform age that began after 1820 marks a turning point in the lives of both the Hungarian people and Roma community. Later, as many Roma people took part in the 1848-49 revolution and the War of Independence as active actors, participating in Hungary’s growing national movement also became another driving force to the increased assimilation of Hungarian Roma. In the period following the defeat of the 1848 Hungarian Revolution, the small and little-known social group of the Roma bourgeoisie2 formed in Hungary. Although the laws in principle also provided Roma communities with the opportunity to ascend, the attitude of the majority society towards the Roma remained unchanged and the majority society did not consider the Roma to be a true nationality. Nevertheless, there were encouraging signs that some of the Roma in Hungary were becoming bourgeois, but the promising process was interrupted. The formation of the Roma bourgeoisie then was almost fully stopped by World War I and the Treaty of Trianon. |
| Supervisor | Yuri Rudnev |
| Department | Romani Studies Ps |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/csendes_jozsef.pdf |
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