The Gobineau, Arthur, comte de 1816-1882 creator Levy, Oscar 1867-1946 Collins, Adrian text utu 2023 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The inequality of human races" by comte de Arthur Gobineau is a racialist work published between 1853 and 1855. This French diplomat's essay argues that race determines world events, dividing humanity into three groups—white, yellow, and black—while claiming white races, particularly Nordic and Germanic peoples, represent humanity's pinnacle. Gobineau contends that civilizations decline through racial mixing, creating an influential early example of scientific racism that shaped racial theories across continents, though his ideas were often misunderstood and distorted by later movements. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Essay_on_the_Inequality_of_the_Human_Races Release date is 2023-01-09 Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Originally published: United Kingdom: William Heinemann, 1915 Ethnology Race relations Race Civilization -- Philosophy CB United Kingdom: William Heinemann, 1915 https://archive.org/details/inequalityofhuma00gobi https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69751 https://archive.org/details/inequalityofhuma00gobi https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69751 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134619.0 69751