12 Race, Expansion, and the Mexican War

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments vii
3. Contents ix
4. Introduction 1
5. I EUROPEAN AND COLONIAL ORIGINS
6. 1 Liberty and the Anglo-Saxons 9
7. 2 Aryans Follow the Sun 25
8. 3 Science and Inequality 43
9. 4 Racial Anglo-Saxonism in England 62
10. II AMERICAN DESTINY
11. 5 Providential Nation 81
12. 6 The Other Americans 98
13. 7 Superior and Inferior Races 116
14. 8 The Dissemination of Scientific Racialism 139
15. 9 Romantic Racial Nationalism 158
16. III AN ANGLO-SAXON POLITICAL IDEOLOGY
17. 10 Racial Destiny and the Indians 189
18. 11 Anglo-Saxons and Mexicans 208
19. 12 Race, Expansion, and the Mexican War 229
20. 13 A Confused Minority 249
21. 14 Expansion and World Mission 272
22. Conclusion 298
23. Notes 305
24. Index 357