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Siegmund-Schultze, R.
Mathematicians fleeing from Nazi Germany : individual fates and global impact / Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2009. - 471 p. : ill.
Originally published in German in 1998. This English edition contains new material not found in the original, as well as an updated bibliography.
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.
YT2025 M08
9780691125930 9780691140414
Mathematicians--History--Germany--20th century.
Mathematicians--History--United States--20th century.
Mathematicians--Germany
Mathematicians--United States
World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Germany.
Germans--History--United States--20th century.
Immigrants--History--United States--20th century.
Mathematics--History--Germany--20th century.
Mathematics--History--United States--20th century.
Germany--Emigration and immigration--History--1933-1945.
QA27 / S53 M 2009
Mathematicians fleeing from Nazi Germany : individual fates and global impact / Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2009. - 471 p. : ill.
Originally published in German in 1998. This English edition contains new material not found in the original, as well as an updated bibliography.
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.
YT2025 M08
9780691125930 9780691140414
Mathematicians--History--Germany--20th century.
Mathematicians--History--United States--20th century.
Mathematicians--Germany
Mathematicians--United States
World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Germany.
Germans--History--United States--20th century.
Immigrants--History--United States--20th century.
Mathematics--History--Germany--20th century.
Mathematics--History--United States--20th century.
Germany--Emigration and immigration--History--1933-1945.
QA27 / S53 M 2009