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 The term is obsolete today, but was popular in the early 20th century.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:
“The shades of night were falling fast,
As through an Alpine village passed
A youth, who bore, ‘mid snow and ice,
A banner with the strange device,
Excelsior!”
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)
“... we performers are monsters. We are a totally different, far-out race of people. I totally and completely admit, with no qualms at all, my egomania, my selfishness, coupled with a really magnificent voice.”
—Leontyne Price (b. 1927)