The Conquest of a Continent

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The Conquest of a Continent is a 1933 book by American eugenicist and conservationist Madison Grant that promotes racist, nativist theories about European immigration and the shaping of the United States.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
author Madison Grant ⓘ
authorOccupation conservationist ⓘ
eugenicist ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticizedFor antisemitism ⓘ
promotion of eugenics ⓘ
racism ⓘ
xenophobia ⓘ
describes shaping of the United States by European ethnic groups ⓘ
genre nativist literature ⓘ
political literature ⓘ
racist literature ⓘ
hasForm prose ⓘ
hasPerspective Nordic superiority ⓘ
anti-immigration ⓘ
historicalContext interwar period in the United States ⓘ
ideology eugenics ⓘ
scientific racism ⓘ
white supremacy ⓘ
influencedBy Nordicist racial theories ⓘ
early 20th-century eugenics movement ⓘ
intendedAudience American policymakers and elites ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject American nationalism ⓘ
European immigration to the United States ⓘ
Nordicism ⓘ
eugenics ⓘ
race theory ⓘ
notableFor influence on American nativist thought ⓘ
use of pseudo-scientific racial classifications ⓘ
politicalPosition far-right ⓘ
nativist ⓘ
promotes nativist theories ⓘ
racist theories ⓘ
publicationYear 1933 ⓘ
relatedWork The Passing of the Great Race ⓘ
setIn United States ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed history of European settlement in North America ⓘ

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