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Mathematicians fleeing from Nazi Germany : individual fates and global impact
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Mathematicians fleeing from Nazi Germany : individual fates and global impact

Author: R Siegmund-Schultze
Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2009.
Edition/Format: Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: R Siegmund-Schultze
ISBN: 9780691125930 0691125937 9780691140414 0691140413
OCLC Number: 271812321
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.
Responsibility: Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze.

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