Crossing boundaries : the exclusion and inclusion of minorities in Germany and the United States / edited by Larry Eugene Jones.

Papers originally delivered at a conference held at the University of Buffalo in the fall of 1998.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: "Crossing Boundaries" as Leitmotiv and Metaphor / Larry Eugene Jones -- The Expulsion of Jewish Professors and Students from the University of Berlin during the Third Reich / Konrad H. Jarausch -- 1. Immigration, Naturalization, and Ethno-national Traditions in Germany: From the Citizenship Law of 1913 to the Law of 1999 / Klaus J. Bade -- 2. Migration and Public Policy in Germany, 1918-1939 / Jochen Oltmer -- 3. Racism as Public Policy in America's Cities in the Twentieth Century / Ronald H. Bayor -- 4. Growing Up Jewish in the Nazi Era: School, Emigration, and War / Werner T. Angress -- 5. William Stern (1871-1938): A World-View at Risk / Supriya Mukherjee -- 6. Exclusions and Inclusions of a Cosmopolitan Philosopher: The Case of Ernst Cassirer / Michael Hanel -- 7. Selecting the "Better Elements": Jewish Students and the Admission of Women to German Universities, 1890-1914 / Patricia Mazon -- 8. The Central Association of German Citizens of the Jewish Faith: Jews and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Imperial Germany / Trude Maurer -- 9. Objectivity and Involvement: Georg G. Iggers and Writing the History of the Little Rock School Crisis / Tony A. Freyer -- 10. Activists, Leaders, and Supporters: On the Role of Whites in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People / Manfred Berg -- 11. Crossing Borders in American Civil Rights Historiography / Tony A. Freyer -- 12. Objectivity and Involvement: Writing the History of German Historiography / George G. Iggers -- 13. Reshaping the World: Historiography from a Universal Perspective / Eckhardt Fuchs.