German Jews in America - A Minority Within a Minority

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

By Gerhard Falk

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Gerhard Falk, Falk Gerhard
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2014
• EAN: 9780761863052
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-6305-2
• No. of pages: 170
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Germany, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Jewish, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Jewish Studies, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, History of the Americas, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples