{"product_id":"hitlers-american-model-the-united-states-and-the-making-of-nazi-race-law-paperback","title":"Hitler's American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Q. Whitman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow American race law provided a blueprint for Nazi Germany\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNazism triumphed in Germany during the high era of Jim Crow laws in the United States. Did the American regime of racial oppression in any way inspire the Nazis? The unsettling answer is yes. In \u003ci\u003eHitler's American Model\u003c\/i\u003e, James Whitman presents a detailed investigation of the American impact on the notorious Nuremberg Laws, the centerpiece anti-Jewish legislation of the Nazi regime. Both American citizenship and antimiscegenation laws proved directly relevant to the two principal Nuremberg Laws--the Citizenship Law and the Blood Law. Contrary to those who have insisted otherwise, Whitman demonstrates that the Nazis took a real, sustained, significant, and revealing interest in American race policies. He looks at the ultimate, ugly irony that when Nazis rejected American practices, it was sometimes not because they found them too enlightened but too harsh. Indelibly linking American race laws to the shaping of Nazi policies in Germany, \u003ci\u003eHitler's American Model\u003c\/i\u003e upends the understanding of America's influence on racist practices in the wider world.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eHitler's American Model\u003c\/i\u003e is a breathtaking excavation of America's shameful contribution to Hitler's genocidal policies. This book is a profound testament to what the past can teach us about the present and is more timely than Whitman could possibly have imagined when he began this remarkable excursion into our nation's original sin and its surprising European legacy. A brilliant page-turner.\"\u003cb\u003e--Laurence H. Tribe, Harvard Law School\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is a brilliant, erudite, and disturbing book. By looking at the United States through the eyes of Nazi legal theorists in the 1930s, Whitman contributes to our understanding of this darkest chapter of German legal history. Moreover, he shines a light through this unlikely lens on the worst sins of our own country's past.\"\u003cb\u003e--Lawrence M. Friedman, author of \u003ci\u003eA History of American Law\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eHitler's American Model\u003c\/i\u003e, Whitman tells the deeply troubling story of how Nazi lawyers drew inspiration from the American legal system. He offers a detailed and careful reading of how U.S. immigration laws and antimiscegenation legislation gave the Nazi legal establishment the sense of remaining within the boundaries of respectable jurisprudence. Filled with novel insights, this is a particularly timely book given today's political climate.\"\u003cb\u003e--Jan T. Gross, author of \u003ci\u003eNeighbors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is a critical book for our difficult times. Whitman forces us to see America through Nazi eyes and to realize how profoundly white supremacy has shaped this country. Chilling in its details, the unsettling insights of \u003ci\u003eHitler's American Model\u003c\/i\u003e jump from every page. A must-read!\"\u003cb\u003e--Eddie S. Glaude, author of \u003ci\u003eDemocracy in Black\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is one of the most engrossing and disturbing pieces of legal history I've read in a long time. Whitman offers a sustained, systematic, and thoughtful look at how Nazi legal theorists and conservative German lawyers drew on American examples when crafting the Nuremberg laws--Germany's contribution to racial madness in the twentieth century. Whitman's book stands apart from, indeed above, everything I've read regarding America's influence on the making of the Nazi state.\"\u003cb\u003e--Lawrence Powell, Tulane University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This spellbinding and haunting book shatters claims that American laws related to race and segregation had little to no impact on the shaping of Nazi policies. Whitman's readings of the Nuremberg laws and Nazi legal scholarship are astonishing--nimble, sophisticated, and nuanced. Speaking volumes, this book will change the way we think about Jim Crow, Nazis, and America's role in the world.\"\u003cb\u003e--Daniel J. Sharfstein, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Line: A Secret History of Race in America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Q. Whitman\u003c\/b\u003e is the Ford Foundation Professor of Comparative and Foreign Law at Yale Law School. His books include \u003ci\u003eHarsh Justice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Origins of Reasonable Doubt\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Verdict of Battle\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 04, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978550804781,"sku":"9780691183060","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/dGJHWTllZW5FWWVzRFoyZ2tWdUowQT09.webp?v=1775805762","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/hitlers-american-model-the-united-states-and-the-making-of-nazi-race-law-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}