The Passing of the Great Race
Nonfiction work
By: Madison Grant
Date: 1916
Source: Grant, Madison. The Passing of the Great Race or The Racial Basis of European History. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916, 14–16, 42–45, 47.
About the Author: Madison Grant (1865–1937), amateur anthropologist and president of the New York Zoological Society, wrote and spoke extensively in favor of immigration restriction in order to preserve the traditional Anglo character of the United States.
Introduction
By 1916 many Americans were consumed by anxiety over the demographic future of the United States. The "Old-Stock" Americans, primarily of Anglo descent, had long since adopted measures to control family size. This included the partial liberation of their women, which served to empower them somewhat in family reproductive matters. In contrast, most newcomers—the recent immigrants pouring...
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