Format:
XXV, 471 S.
,
Ill.
ISBN:
0691125937
,
9780691140414
,
9780691125930
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
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.
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Siegmund-Schultze, Reinhard, 1953 - Mathematicians Fleeing from Nazi Germany Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2009 ISBN 9781400831401
Language:
English
Subjects:
Mathematics
Keywords:
Deutschland
;
Österreich
;
Mathematiker
;
Flüchtling
;
Geschichte 1933-1945
;
Deutsche
;
Mathematiker
;
Exil
;
USA
;
Österreich
;
Mathematikerin
;
Flüchtling
;
Quelle
Author information:
Siegmund-Schultze, Reinhard 1953-
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