Mapping the Nation – a volume edited by Dávid Rózsa and Barna Rovács

The volume Mapping the Nation (A számontartott nemzet) presenting the history of Hungary between 1867 and 1945 using statistical maps, was edited by Dávid Rózsa, Director General of the National Széchényi Library and Barna Rovács, staff member of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office.

This volume, published by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office, presents Hungary from a different perspective than usual. The 400-page book contains more than 200 maps, which can be interpreted and put into historical context by means of text sections that also provide explanations of major events, processes and trends. 

Divided into thirteen chapters, the volume illustrates changes in fields such as public administration, population movements, economy, transport and tourism.
Sample pages

At the book launch held at the end of April 2021, the President of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office, Gabriella Vukovich, emphasised that ‘some of the more than two hundred and fifty maps in the album depict the direct and indirect aftermaths of the Treaty of Trianon.’

The book Mapping the Nation was published in the context of the Trianon Memorial Year.