Race and Manifest Destiny

Klappentext
In this book, Horsman examines the origins of racialism and shows that the beliefs in white American superioty we firmly ensconced in the nation's ideology by 1850.

Zusammenfassung
American 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.

Inhalt
Introduction I. European and Colonial Origins 1. Liberty and the Anglo-Saxons 2. Aryans Follow the Sun 3. Science and Inequality 4. Racial Anglo-Saxonism in England II. American Destiny 5. Providential Nation 6. The Other Americans 7. Superior and Inferior Races 8. The Dissemination of Scientific Racialism 9. Romantic Racial Nationalism III. An Anglo-Saxon Political Ideology 10. Racial Destiny and the Indians 11. Anglo-Saxons and Mexicans 12. Race, Expansion, and the Mexican War 13. A Confused Minority 14. Expansion and World Mission Conclusion Notes Index

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