Hitler's American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law

by James Q. Whitman

Book Overview

How American race law provided a blueprint for Nazi Germany

Nazism 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 Hitler's American Model, James Whitman presents a detailed investigation of the American impact on the notorious Nuremberg Laws, the centerpiece anti-Jewish legislation of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691183066
• ISBN13: 9780691183060
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Informative, but redundant

This book is very informative with good citations and recommendations for further reading on the subject. I read it for research on a paper, and it was not a difficult read. However, the book is pretty redundant and the author rehashes several points and quotes numerous times. This may be to reinforce the message for the reader, but I found it to be disengaging. Other than that issue, I suggest this book to anyone looking for information on a subject that not many people seem to want to write about (for obvious reasons).