Studia ethnographica et folkloristica in honorem Béla Gunda (dedikált példány) [antikvár]

Béla Gunda — His Life and Work On the 60th birthday of University Professor Dr. Béla Gunda his pupils, friends, colleagues in this countiy and abroad would like to present as a token of their respect and best wishes this selection of studies to one whose width of scholarship and outstanding educational abilities, used in forming and teaching generations of students, have made him a foremost figure in Hungarian and European ethnology. In making a survey of the rich course of Professor Béla Gunda's life we may say that all his years have been spent on hard work, that he was learning, working, incessantly striving, and that still today he is carrying on research work, educating and teaching, in full possession of his strength and vitality. A many-sided scientist in the field of ethnology, he has given proof with several hundred publications of his capacity to survey a broad field of culture. His interest is not concentrated on one or just a few aspects of the subject. From the treasury of his unparallelled power of memory he is at once able to enumerate opinions, problems, data and publications for study throughout the whole field of folkways. He is one of the best experts in European and extra-European ethnological literature. His scientific attitude is characterized by a comprehensive theoretical knowledge. He keeps up-to-date on all the achievements and methods attained and developed in the field of ethnological research by Fr. Ratzel, L. Frobenius, R. Thurnwald, W. Schmidt, W. Koppers, S. Erixon, D. Zelenin, A. Haberlandt, K. Moszyiiski, C. Wissler, A. L. Kroeber, R. H. Lowie, E. B. Tylor and others. It was through his activity that from the 1930s Hungarian folk-life research became increasingly integrated with the progress of European ethnology. Béla Gunda was born on December 25th, 1911, at Temesfüves (County Temes), where his father was an under-steward on a large estate. His early years were spent in the world of the scattered farms of County Békés, but later on his life became connected also with Transdanubia through his father^s employment. It was there that he came to know the world of the big estates, and he wrote one of his first studies about the lot of the agricultural labourers on the big estates. He got his primary education at Békésszentandrás and Szarvas (County Békés) and graduated from high-school in Budapest in 1930. Following this he