Impact of Johnson–Reed in Hungary

This paper serves as an introduction to the thematic cluster “The Impact of Johnson–Reed in Hungary: Changing Trajectories and Perceptions” that includes four papers discussing various aspects of US-Hungarian relations from the mid-1920s to the 1970s. Three papers (written by Tibor Glant, Zoltán Peterecz, and Máté Gergely Balogh) were originally presented at the 2024 conference organized by the University of Debrecen and AHEA on the global impact of US restrictions introduced in the 1920s and are accompanied by a fourth article (by Soma Rédey) offering a fascinating example of post-quota Hungarian immigration. The selected articles introduce not only changes in migration patterns per se but also in mutual perceptions, individual careers, the daily work of American officers in Hungary, and the Hungarian-American community at large due to new regulations related to immigration.