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I Aspects of a Fundamental Change — The Early Nineteenth Century.- Mathematics in the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century.- Origins of the Program of “Arithmetization of Mathematics”.- Mathematics and Revolution from Lacroix to Cauchy.- II The Professionalization of Mathematics and Its Educational Context.- Forms of Professional Activity in Mathematics Before the Nineteenth Century.- The Conception of Pure Mathematics as an Instrument in the Professionalization of Mathematics.- Cambridge University and the Adoption of Analytics in Early Nineteenth-Century England.- A Survey of Factors Affecting the Teaching of Mathematics Outside the Universities in Britain in the Nineteenth Century.- Mathematics in a Unified Italy.- The Employment of Mathematicians in Insurance Companies in the Nineteenth Century.- III Individual Achievements in Social Context.- Hamilton and Peacock on the Essence of Algebra.- The Berlin School of Mathematics.- F. Schleiermacher’s Influence on H. Grassmann’s Mathematics.- Herbert Mehrtens.- Social History of Mathematics.- Select Bibliography.- Addresses of Authors.