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Defending the master race : conservation, eugenics, and the legacy of Madison Grant /

"Scholars have labeled Madison Grant everything from 'the nation's most influential racist' to 'the greatest conservationist that ever lived.' His life illuminates early twentieth-century America as it was heading toward the American Century, and his legacy is still ver...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Spiro, Jonathan Peter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Burlington, Vt. : Hanover, NH : University of Vermont Press ; Published by University Press of New England, ©2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Big-game hunter
  • Bronx Zoo
  • From conservation to preservation
  • Wildlife management
  • From mammals to man
  • Eugenics creed
  • Passing of the great race
  • Grant's disciples
  • Creating the refuge
  • Culling the herd
  • Saving the redwoods
  • Nordic and anti-Nordic
  • Empire crumbles
  • Ever-widening circle: the Third Reich
  • Passing of the great patrician.