The Alpine race is a historical concept used in scientific racism as one of the three sub-races of the Caucasian race. The term is obsolete today, but was popular in the early 20th century.
Read more about Alpine Race: History, Physical Appearance, Geography and Origin, European Racial Types (Ripley)
Famous quotes containing the words alpine and/or race:
“I held a bayonet
that was for the earth of your stomach.
The belly button singing its puzzle.
The intestines winding like the alpine roads.
It was made to enter you
as you have entered me....”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“The technologist was the final guise of the white missionary, industrialization the last gospel of a dying race and living standards a substitute for a purpose in living.”
—Max Frisch (1911–1991)