The New Era in American Mathematics, 1920-1950

Name: The New Era in American Mathematics, 1920-1950
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Cover
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations Used in the Footnotes and Tables for American Mathematical Publications
Part I. 1920-1929: "We are Evidently on the Verge of Important Steps Forward" -Roland Richardson, undated but early 1926
1. Surveying the 1920s Research Landscape
Mathematicians in Colleges and Universities
A Recognized American Specialty: Analysis Situs
Geometries, Differential and Algebraic
Algebraic Research
Research in Analysis
Areas of Lesser American Interest
2. Strengthening the Infrastructure of American Mathematics
"Corporatizing" Research-Level Mathematics
Raising Money to Enable Research
Sustaining Support for Publication
Championing American Achievements
3. Breaking onto the International Scene
Engaging in the International Politics of Mathematics
Americans Abroad
Europeans in the United States
An Englishman in America and an American in England: The Hardy-Veblen Exchange
International Competition and Collaboration: The Case of Point-Set Topology in Poland and the United States
Part II. 1929-1941: "A Generation ago we were in Need of Direct Stimulation . . . Now we Could Well Interchange" -Griffith Evans, 16 January, 1934
4. Sustaining the Momentum?
Trying to Do Mathematical Research in the Early 1930s
The Targeted Building of Programs in the 1930s
A New Experiment: The Institute for Advanced Study
Journals in an Evolving Research Community
5. Adapting to Geopolitical Changes
International Business As Usual?
Embracing Foreign Mathematicians
Mathematicians and the Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced German Scholars
A First Wave of Mathematical Refugees Hits the Northeast
The First Wave of Mathematical Refugees Spreads over the Rest of the Country
6. Taking Stock in a Changing World
Conflicting Perceptions of the Mathematical Endeavor
Developments in Topology
Geometrical Shifts
Strides in Algebraic Research
Analysis in the 1930s
7. Looking beyond the United States
Hosting the International Congress of Mathematicians?
Confronting a Second Wave of Mathematical Émigrés
Accommodating a Second Wave of Mathematical Émigrés in the Northeast
Accommodating a Second Wave of Mathematical Émigrés outside the Northeast
Geopolitics and Mathematical Reviewing in the Late 1930s
Part III. 1941-1950: The "Center of Gravity of Mathematics has moved More Definitely Toward America" -Roland Richardson, 25 April, 1939
8. Waging War
Mobilizing American Mathematics for War
A New Educational Initiative: Brown's Program of Advanced Instruction and Research in Mechanics
War Work
Trying to Maintain Professional Normalcy in Wartime
9. Picking Back Up and Moving On in the Postwar World
Adjusting to New Political Realities
Reestablishing a Professional Rhythm
Building Programs
Disseminating Postwar Mathematical Results
10. Sustaining and Building Research Agendas
The Princeton Bicentennial Conference on "Problems of Mathematics"
Sustaining American Research Agendas
Building "New" American Research Agendas
Coda: A New Era in American Mathematics
The New Domestic Politics of Mathematics
The New Geopolitics of Mathematics
The International Congress of Mathematicians: Cambridge, MA, 1950
References
Index

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