Mathematicians fleeing from Nazi Germany : individual fates and global impact / Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze.
Siegmund-Schultze, R. (Reinhard)
2009
QA27.G4 S53 2009 (Mapit)
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Title Mathematicians fleeing from Nazi Germany : individual fates and global impact / Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze.
Author Siegmund-Schultze, R. (Reinhard)
ISBN 9780691140414 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0691140413 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780691125930
0691125937
Imprint Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2009.
Language English
Description xxv, 471 p. : ill., ports ; 24 cm.
Call Number QA27.G4 S53 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification 510.09/04
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-443) and indexes.
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The terms "German-speaking mathematician," "forced," and "voluntary emigration"
The notion of "mathematician" plus quantitative figures on persecution
Early emigration
Pretexts, forms, and the extent of emigration and persecution
Obstacles to emigration out of Germany after 1933, failed escape, and death
Alternative (non-American) host countries
Diminishing ties with Germany and self-image of the refugees
The American reaction to immigration : help and xenophobia
Acculturation, political adaptation, and the American entrance into the war
The impact of immigration on American mathematics
Epilogue : the postwar relationship of German and American mathematicians.

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