The passing of the great race; or, The racial basis of European history

by Madison Grant

EN·~13 hours·12 chapters

Chapters

12 total

THE PASSING OF THE GREAT RACE OR THE RACIAL BASIS OF EUROPEAN HISTORY

0:54

PREFACE

3:37

PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION

4:09

CHARTS AND MAPS

0:28

INTRODUCTION

9:13

INTRODUCTION TO THE FOURTH REVISED EDITION

9:14

PART I RACE, LANGUAGE AND NATIONALITY

2:01:55

PART II EUROPEAN RACES IN HISTORY

3:52:27

APPENDIX

19:15

DOCUMENTARY SUPPLEMENT

4:51:42

Description

A scholarly attempt to rewrite European history through the lens of heredity, this work presents the continent’s past as a series of racial patterns and inherited traits. Drawing on contemporary ideas from biology and anthropology, the author contrasts hereditary influence with environmental factors, arguing that the former shapes political, moral, and intellectual developments more profoundly than language, culture, or geography. Early chapters catalogue perceived racial characteristics, link them to ancient tribal migrations, and interpret social change as the outcome of genetic predispositions.

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~13 hours (777K characters)

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Project Gutenberg

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Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

May 27, 2022

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68185

Subjects

Ethnology -- Europe GN

About the author

Madison Grant

1865–1937

A leading figure in early American conservation, he also became one of the most influential promoters of eugenics and racist immigration ideas in the United States. His legacy is deeply controversial because his writing helped shape both wildlife protection efforts and harmful pseudoscientific racial theories.

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