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

Grant, Madison

Read by Jim Locke · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording

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Chapters

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01 - Preface (4:41)
02 - Preface to Second Edition (4:30)
03 - Introduction (9:33)
04 - Introduction to the Fourth Revised Edition (9:50)
05 - Race and Democracy (13:54)
06 - The Physical Basis of Race (33:04)
07 - Race and Habitat (12:12)
08 - The Competition of Races (14:41)
09 - Race, Language and Nationality (19:13)
10 - Race and Language (8:43)
11 - The European Races in Colonies (24:06)
12 - Eolithic Man (9:58)
13 - Paleolithic Man (19:16)
14 - The Neolithic and Bronze Ages (17:13)
15 - The Alpine Race (18:33)
16 - The Mediterranean Race (24:35)
17 - The Nordic Race (14:59)
18 - Teutonic Europe (12:06)
19 - The Expansion of the Nordics (32:11)
20 - The Nordic Fatherland (13:04)
21 - The Nordic Race Outside of Europe (4:19)
22 - Racial Aptitudes (8:54)
23 - Arya (11:03)
24 - Origin of the Aryan Languages (14:22)
25 - The Aryan Language in Asia (14:20)

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