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- The_Passing_of_the_Great_Race abstract "The Passing of The Great Race; or, The racial basis of European history is a 1916 book of scientific racism by the American eugenicist, lawyer, and amateur anthropologist Madison Grant. Though influential, the book was largely ignored when it first appeared. It went through several revisions and editions, but was never a best seller. Grant expounds a theory of "Nordic superiority" and argues for a strong eugenics program in order to "save the waning 'Nordics' from inundation of other race types". Grant's proposal to create a strong eugenics program for the "Nordic" population to survive was repudiated by Americans in the 1930s and Europeans after 1945.".