Race and Manifest Destiny: The Origins of American Racial Anglo-SaxonismAmerican myths about national character tend to overshadow the historical realities. Reginald Horsman’s book is the first study to examine the origins of racialism in America and to show that the belief in white American superiority was firmly ensconced in the nation’s ideology by 1850. |
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... The Romantic Quest ( New York : Columbia University Press , 1931 ) , pp . 1-21 ; George L. Mosse , The Crisis of Ger- man Ideology : Intellectual Origins of the Third Reich ( New York : Grosset & Dunlap , 1964 ) , pp . 13-17 ; Hans Kohn ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Liberty and the AngloSaxons | 9 |
Aryans Follow the Sun | 25 |
Copyright | |
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Race and Manifest Destiny: The Origins of American Racial Anglo-Saxonism Reginald Horsman Limited preview - 1981 |
Race and Manifest Destiny: The Origins of American Racial Anglo-Saxonism Reginald Horsman Limited preview - 1986 |