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Mathematicians fleeing from Nazi Germany : individual fates and global impact
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- Creator
- Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2009]
- ©2009
- Physical Details
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- xxv, 471 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 1400831407, 9786612580796, 0691140413, 1282580795, 9780691125930, 9780691140414, 0691125937, 9781400831401
- OCLC
- ocn979741905, ocn271812321, ocn973401064, ocn642205793
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- 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
Subjects
- Mathematicians -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
- Mathematicians -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Mathematicians -- Germany -- Biography.
- Mathematicians -- United States -- Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Germany.
- Germans -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Immigrants -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Mathematics -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
- Mathematics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Germany -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 1933-1945.