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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790942303321

Autore

Falk Gerhard

Titolo

The German Jews in America : a minority within a minority / / Gerhard Falk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : University Press of America, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7618-6617-5

0-7618-6306-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (172 p.)

Disciplina

973.04924

Soggetti

Jews, German - History - 19th century - United States

Jews, German - History - 20th century - United States

United States Ethnic relations History 19th century

United States Ethnic relations History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Prologue; 2 The Germans Re-Invent Judaism; 3 The Persecution of the German Jews, 1933-1941; 4 The Refugees Come to America; 5 Scientists, Professors, and Academics; 6 From Immigrant to Marginal Man; 7 Assimilation, Acculturation, and the Immigrant; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Falk focuses on refugees who fled from Nazi tyranny in the 1930s, immigrated to America, and succeeded despite immense obstacles. This book includes a review of the most prominent academics that made major contributions to science, medicine, art, and literature in America.