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Page ix - European history has been written in terms of nationality and of language, but never before in terms of race; yet race has played a far larger part than either language or nationality in moulding the destinies of men; race implies heredity, and heredity implies all the moral, social, and intellectual characteristics and traits which ...
t. e. The Passing of the Great Race: Or, The Racial Basis of European History is a 1916 racist and pseudoscientific [1] [2] book by American lawyer, anthropologist, and proponent of eugenics Madison Grant (1865–1937). Grant expounds a theory of Nordic superiority, claiming that the "Nordic race" is inherently superior to other human "races".
Madison Grant. Madison Grant was a lawyer, historian, racial theorist, eugenicist and anthropologist, known primarily for his work as a conservationist and eugenicist, notably contributing to the "Nordic migration theory" and the concept of a "master race." Grant played an active role in wildlife and environment preservation as well in diverse ...
May 27, 2022 · The passing of the great race; or, The racial basis of European history Original Publication United States: Charles Scribner's Sons,1916,copyright 1918,copyright 1921,copyright 1923.
Nov 17, 2023 · Grant's seminal work, 'The Passing of the Great Race; or, The Racial Basis of European History' (1916), outlines these ideas, arguing for a racial hierarchy with Nordics at the apex. Despite the book's controversial content, it was widely popular in the early 20th century, especially among advocates of immigration restriction in the United States.
Madison Grant’s influential book The Passing of the Great Race (1916) advanced his racist ideas. Grant claimed that people from Northern Europe were at the top of a natu ral racial hierarchy. He called white people from Nothern and Western Europe "Nordics" and asserted that they had evolved in a harsh climate that had made them physically and ...
Jul 1, 2016 · 2016 marks a century since the publication of The Passing of the Great Race, a book described by the late paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould as “the most influential tract of American scientific racism.”. Its author, Madison Grant, a genteel dabbler with impeccable establishment ties, was a pure and unabashed bigot, a patrician who defended ...
