Race and manifest destiny : the origins of American racial Anglo-Saxonism /

American myths about national character tend to overshadow the historical realities. Mr. 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. The aut...

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Main Author: Horsman, Reginald (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1981
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