The Emergence of the American Mathematical Research Community, 1876-1900: J. J. Sylvester, Felix Klein, and E. H. Moore

This volume traces the transformation of the United States from a mathematical backwater to a major presence during the period from 1876 to 1900. It is the first book to take an in-depth look at this period and places these developments in the context of wider external factors shaping events at that time.