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Mathematicians fleeing from Nazi Germany : individual fates and global impact / Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze

Publication | Library Call Number: QA27.G4 S53 2009
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Format
Book
Author/Creator
Siegmund-Schultze, R. (Reinhard)
Published
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2009
Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-443) and indexes
Language
English
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Physical Description
xxv, 471 p. : ill., ports ; 24 cm
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.
ISBN
9780691125930
0691125937 (cloth)
9780691140414 (pbk.)
0691140413 (pbk.)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-443) and indexes.

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