The Passing of the Great Race, or the Racial Basis of European History

First printing, published in October 1916. Boards show light shelfwear and a handful of tiny faint white stains; spine slightly toned. Binding tight; pages clean with some small foxing spots to first pages. Foldout chart and three color maps all intact with some staining near the gutter (see photos). A landmark work of pseudoscience, incredibly influential in that it helped legitimize a whole cadre of Progressive-era racists, with bigoted arguments that drove the passage of the restrictive Immigration Act of 1924. (I can't recommend highly enough Jonathan Spiro's 2009 biography 'Defending the Master Race: Conservation, Eugenics, and the Legacy of Madison Grant.') Lacking the scarce dust jacket. 1.6 pounds. 245 pages. U.S. buyers, contact me for a possible discount.