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

The Passing of the Great Race: Or, The Racial Basis of European History is a 1916 racist and pseudoscientific book by American lawyer, self-styled anthropologist, and proponent of eugenics, Madison Grant (1865? 1937). Grant expounds a theory of Nordic superiority, claiming that the Nordic race is inherently superior to other human races. The theory and the book were praised by Adolf Hitler and other Nazis.