Mathematicians fleeing from Nazi Germany : individual fates and global impact / Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze.
2009
QA27.G4 S53 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
Mathematicians fleeing from Nazi Germany : individual fates and global impact / Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze.
ISBN
9780691140414 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0691140413 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780691125930
0691125937
0691140413 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780691125930
0691125937
Publication Details
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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Table of Contents
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.
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.