Refugee Scholars in America: Their Impact and Their Experiences

by Lewis A. Coser

Book Overview

What were the contributions to American scholarship and culture made by European refugees from Nazi persecution? How did these ?migr?s react to the experience of being strangers in the land of their refuge? In this engrossing book, Lewis Coser examines the impact of refugee intellectuals on the social sciences and the humanities in America, painting a collective portrait that sheds light not only on the accomplishments of the Europeans but also on...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300031939
• ISBN13: 9780300031935
• Release Date: October 1984
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"