1878 1ed Irish Race California Aryan Celtic Irish Politics RACISM San Francisco



Hugh Quigley’s book ‘The Irish Race in California’ is an attempt to trace Irish heritage to California in the late 19th century and optimistically ascertain or give it value. 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)



Quigley’s ‘The Irish race in California’ is

“suffused with mytho-poetic power in its efforts to fuse European Mediterranean, Hispanic-American, and Irish-American cultures and people into the alembic of California. As such, Quigley’s rambling polemic is more than the sum total of its faults. It represents, rather, an effort to energize history with what can be described as moral myth.” (Starr)



This 19th century first edition is signed by the author!



Item number: #7381

Price: $499



QUIGLEY, Hugh



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



San Francisco: A. Roman & Co., 1878.



Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

[xxxiii], 548, [vi], [3]

References: Howell 50:727; Cowan p.505; Rocq 17112. VERIA BX 2; Kevin Starr, Irish American Identity: personal Experience and Historical Evaluation

Provenance: Signed by author on front free endpaper "From Rev H. Quigley D.D. Author of This Work"

Language: English

Binding: Cloth; tight and secure

Size: ~8.5in X 6in (22cm x 15cm)



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