The Passing of the Great Race
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The Passing of the Great Race is a 1916 book by American eugenicist Madison Grant that promoted scientific racism and had significant influence on early 20th-century racial thought and policy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Passing of the Great Race canonical | 1 |
| The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11295488 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Passing of the Great Race Context triple: [Madison Grant, notableWork, The Passing of the Great Race]
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A.
Woman and the New Race
"Woman and the New Race" is a 1920 book by birth control activist Margaret Sanger that argues for women's reproductive freedom as the foundation for social and economic liberation.
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B.
The March of Humanity
The March of Humanity is a monumental political mural by Mexican artist David Alfaro Siqueiros that depicts the struggles and aspirations of humankind through dynamic, large-scale imagery.
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C.
A Place Among the Nations
A Place Among the Nations is a political and historical book by Benjamin Netanyahu that presents a defense of Zionism and the Jewish people's claim to the land of Israel.
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D.
The White Man’s Dilemma
The White Man’s Dilemma is a book by nutritionist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate John Boyd Orr that examines the political, economic, and moral challenges facing Western nations in addressing global poverty and inequality.
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E.
The Coming Race
The Coming Race is an 1871 science fiction novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton that depicts a technologically and psychically advanced subterranean civilization, and is often cited as an early influence on later speculative and occult literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Passing of the Great Race Target entity description: The Passing of the Great Race is a 1916 book by American eugenicist Madison Grant that promoted scientific racism and had significant influence on early 20th-century racial thought and policy.
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A.
Woman and the New Race
"Woman and the New Race" is a 1920 book by birth control activist Margaret Sanger that argues for women's reproductive freedom as the foundation for social and economic liberation.
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B.
The March of Humanity
The March of Humanity is a monumental political mural by Mexican artist David Alfaro Siqueiros that depicts the struggles and aspirations of humankind through dynamic, large-scale imagery.
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C.
A Place Among the Nations
A Place Among the Nations is a political and historical book by Benjamin Netanyahu that presents a defense of Zionism and the Jewish people's claim to the land of Israel.
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D.
The White Man’s Dilemma
The White Man’s Dilemma is a book by nutritionist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate John Boyd Orr that examines the political, economic, and moral challenges facing Western nations in addressing global poverty and inequality.
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E.
The Coming Race
The Coming Race is an 1871 science fiction novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton that depicts a technologically and psychically advanced subterranean civilization, and is often cited as an early influence on later speculative and occult literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ |
| advocates |
eugenic policies
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preservation of the so-called Nordic race ⓘ restrictions on immigration to the United States ⓘ |
| author | Madison Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classification | work of racist pseudoscience ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticizedFor |
antisemitism
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pseudoscience ⓘ racism ⓘ white supremacism ⓘ |
| describes |
Alpine race
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Mediterranean race ⓘ Nordic race ⓘ |
| genre |
eugenics literature
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scientific racism literature ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle | The Passing of the Great Race; or, The Racial Basis of European History NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
1916 first edition
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1920s expanded editions ⓘ revised 1918 edition ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | Immigration Act of 1924 debates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReception |
highly influential among early 20th-century racial theorists
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widely condemned by later scholars ⓘ |
| influenced |
American eugenics policies
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Nazi racial ideology ⓘ U.S. immigration restriction debates ⓘ racial thought in the early 20th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy | early 20th-century eugenics movement ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Nordicism
NERFINISHED
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eugenics ⓘ immigration restriction ⓘ race (human categorization) ⓘ racial hierarchy ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
Nordic race superiority
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anti-immigration ideology ⓘ scientific racism ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 300 pages ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of eugenics in the United States
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history of scientific racism ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1916 ⓘ |
| publicationPlace | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Charles Scribner's Sons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriodDescribed | European history ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| usesMethod | anthropometric classification of races ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: The Passing of the Great Race Description of subject: The Passing of the Great Race is a 1916 book by American eugenicist Madison Grant that promoted scientific racism and had significant influence on early 20th-century racial thought and policy.
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy