THE IRISH RACE IN CALIFORNIA, AND ON THE PACIFIC COAST, With An Introductory Historical Dissertation on the Principal Races of Mankind, and a Vocabulary of Ancient and Modern Irish Family Names.
by Quigley, Dr. Hugh
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(Printed by Francis & Valentine for) A. Roman & Co., San Francisco: 1878., 1878 pp. 548, vi [Contents]. Includes 12 page subscribers list with their addresses. Some bottom margins torn. Old green ink stain on bottom edges. Dampstaining on fore edge and margins. Lacks rear fly leaves. 215mm. Original full green cloth binding, rubbed and worn. Green ink stain on front board and bottom edge. In a long 90-page introductory dissertation, the author presents his ideas of racial development (esp. Celtic) and debunks evolutionary theory (especially "Huxley, Darwin and their associates"), then builds from a "firm Biblical foundation to the manifest supremacy of the Aryan race, as best exemplified by the Irish politicians of California". Howell 50:727; Cowan p.505; Rocq 17112. VERIA BX 2 0.0. Hardcover.
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- THE IRISH RACE IN CALIFORNIA, AND ON THE PACIFIC COAST, With An Introductory Historical Dissertation on the Principal Races of Mankind, and a Vocabulary of Ancient and Modern Irish Family Names.
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- Quigley, Dr. Hugh
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- Hardcover
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- (Printed by Francis & Valentine for) A. Roman & Co., San Francisco: 1878.
- Date Published
- 1878
- Keywords
- IRISH; IRISH RACE; CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC COAST; AMERICANA; DR. HUGH QUIGLEY; IMMIGRANTS; RACISM; GENEALOGY; CATHOLIC RELIGION; DONNER PARTY; POLITICIANS
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