Combines statistical and biographical approach in reconstructing the history of educational pilgrimages by young Americans to German-speaking universities between 1760s and 1914 Illustrates interconnectedness of student migration with educational reform on both sides of the Atlantic Provides a detailed account of academic networking in European educational centers
Combines statistical and biographical approach in reconstructing the history of educational pilgrimages by young Americans to German-speaking universities between 1760s and 1914 Illustrates interconnectedness of student migration with educational reform on both sides of the Atlantic Provides a detailed account of academic networking in European educational centers
Acknowledgments Note on Sources and Quotations Introduction Chapter 1. Movement and the History of Higher Education * Educational Dynamics * Five Phases of Educational Reform and Student Migration, 1760s-1914 * Transatlantic Dynamics: Linking War and Education in America and Europe * Regional Dynamics: The South in the History of US Higher Education * Disciplinary Dynamics: Revisiting the Ideal of "German Science" * Summary Chapter 2. US Student Numbers at Göttingen, Halle, Heidelberg, and Leipzig * The Challenges of Numbers * Revisiting Existing Scholarship * Different Student Statuses * US Student Numbers Abroad I: Statistical Overview * US Student Numbers Abroad II: Developments over Time * Comparison: Total Student Numbers * US Students' Backgrounds: Regional Origins and Socio-Economic Backgrounds * Religion * Age * Summary Chapter 3. The German University, Masculinity, and "The Other" * White Men vs. the Other? * Matriculation Procedures for White Able-Bodied American Men * African American Men * Gay American Men * White US Women * Blind and Deaf Americans * Summary Chapter 4. Choosing a University: The Case of Leipzig * The Appeal of Innovation * Interdisciplinary Collaborations at Leipzig * Antiquated Leipzig up to 1830 * On the Eve of Greatness: The Mid-Nineteenth Century * Leipzig's Sudden Heyday * Leipzig's Decline since the Late 1890s * Summary Chapter 5. Transatlantic Academic Networking * The Idea of German-American Networks in Science and Scholarship * US Students' Faculty Choices at Halle and Leipzig * Transatlantic Routes of Study * Patterns in Transatlantic Mentor-Disciple Relationships * Women's Roles in Academic Networks * Case Study: Wilhelm Wundt and his American Disciples * Summary Chapter 6. Networking Activitiesof Leipzig's American Colony * Formal and Informal Networking * The American Students Club * The American Church * A Central Leipzig-American Networker: Caspar René Gregory * Hospitable Families, the Knauths, and US Consuls * Family and Friends * Housing Matters * Summary Chapter 7. Forging American Culture Abroad * Approaching a Foreign Culture * The Guide Book * Language Considerations * Impressions of German Student Life * Reflecting German Student Culture in Activities of the American Students Club * Little America in Leipzig * Summary Chapter 8. Returning Home * The German Venture and the Transformation of US Higher Education * Shifting the Scientific-Scholarly Focus to North America * Scouting Young Academic Talent in Europe * Women's Colleges as a Career Boost * The Ph.D. Degree * Material Improvements I: Libraries and Books * Material Improvements II: Laboratories, Apparatuses, and Journals * Summary Conclusion Appendix I: Tables Appendix II: List of Leipzig Professors of Interest to US Students Appendix III: List of Leipzig-American Dissertations Bibliography
Acknowledgments Note on Sources and Quotations Introduction Chapter 1. Movement and the History of Higher Education * Educational Dynamics * Five Phases of Educational Reform and Student Migration, 1760s-1914 * Transatlantic Dynamics: Linking War and Education in America and Europe * Regional Dynamics: The South in the History of US Higher Education * Disciplinary Dynamics: Revisiting the Ideal of "German Science" * Summary Chapter 2. US Student Numbers at Göttingen, Halle, Heidelberg, and Leipzig * The Challenges of Numbers * Revisiting Existing Scholarship * Different Student Statuses * US Student Numbers Abroad I: Statistical Overview * US Student Numbers Abroad II: Developments over Time * Comparison: Total Student Numbers * US Students' Backgrounds: Regional Origins and Socio-Economic Backgrounds * Religion * Age * Summary Chapter 3. The German University, Masculinity, and "The Other" * White Men vs. the Other? * Matriculation Procedures for White Able-Bodied American Men * African American Men * Gay American Men * White US Women * Blind and Deaf Americans * Summary Chapter 4. Choosing a University: The Case of Leipzig * The Appeal of Innovation * Interdisciplinary Collaborations at Leipzig * Antiquated Leipzig up to 1830 * On the Eve of Greatness: The Mid-Nineteenth Century * Leipzig's Sudden Heyday * Leipzig's Decline since the Late 1890s * Summary Chapter 5. Transatlantic Academic Networking * The Idea of German-American Networks in Science and Scholarship * US Students' Faculty Choices at Halle and Leipzig * Transatlantic Routes of Study * Patterns in Transatlantic Mentor-Disciple Relationships * Women's Roles in Academic Networks * Case Study: Wilhelm Wundt and his American Disciples * Summary Chapter 6. Networking Activitiesof Leipzig's American Colony * Formal and Informal Networking * The American Students Club * The American Church * A Central Leipzig-American Networker: Caspar René Gregory * Hospitable Families, the Knauths, and US Consuls * Family and Friends * Housing Matters * Summary Chapter 7. Forging American Culture Abroad * Approaching a Foreign Culture * The Guide Book * Language Considerations * Impressions of German Student Life * Reflecting German Student Culture in Activities of the American Students Club * Little America in Leipzig * Summary Chapter 8. Returning Home * The German Venture and the Transformation of US Higher Education * Shifting the Scientific-Scholarly Focus to North America * Scouting Young Academic Talent in Europe * Women's Colleges as a Career Boost * The Ph.D. Degree * Material Improvements I: Libraries and Books * Material Improvements II: Laboratories, Apparatuses, and Journals * Summary Conclusion Appendix I: Tables Appendix II: List of Leipzig Professors of Interest to US Students Appendix III: List of Leipzig-American Dissertations Bibliography
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