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Figure 2: Andras Takacs with daughters Theresa and Elizabeth in Montréal in 1934. Elizabeth is seated in front of her husband and holding their son Alex. Photo courtesy of Shawn Danko. u Ihe story of the Takäcs family is one of the several million emigrant accounts, reminding us that behind the statistics, there are always individual stories, hard personal decisions, complicated family histories that may also contribute to the better understanding of historical events. The aim of this chapter is to investigate this peculiar aspect of Hungarian-Canadian relations in the inter-American context, focusing on the main waves of Hungarian immigration, keeping in mind the interconnectedness of international events and microhistory. The process outlined was influenced by a variety of factors and developments, including the First World War, the Treaty of Trianon, economic problems and emigration regulation in the home country, as well as nativism and immigration restrictions in the receiving ones. HUNGARIAN IMMIGRANTS: AT THE CROSSROADS OF TRANSATLANTIC MIGRATION POLICIES The turn of the 19" and 20" centuries witnessed one of the largest waves of immigration to the Americas, a period of mass migration whereby approximately 40 million people left Europe and emigrated to the West, many - 101 +
