The writer is also obligated to Professor E. Prokosch, of Yale University, for his assistance on several critical points.

The American Geographical Society and Mr. Ray R. Platt were instrumental in providing the maps used in this volume and the author takes this opportunity to express his thanks to them both.

CONTENTS

PAGE
Introduction, by Prof. Henry Fairfield Osborn[vii]
CHAPTER
I.[Foreword][1]
II.[The Cradle of Mankind][17]
III.[The Nordic Conquest of Europe][39]
IV.[The Nordic Settlement of America][65]
V.[The Puritans in New England][81]
VI.[The Gateways to the West from New England and Virginia][102]
VII.[Virginia and Her Neighbors][130]
VIII.[The Old Northwest Territory][158]
IX.[The Mountaineers Conquer the Southwest][183]
X.[From the Mississippi to the Oregon][195]
XI.[The Spoils of the Mexican War][208]
XII.[The Alien Invasion][223]
XIII.[The Transformation of America][235]
XIV.[Checking the Alien Invasion][268]
XV.[The Legacy of Slavery][281]
XVI.[Our Neighbors on the North][296]
XVII.[Our Neighbors on the South][320]
XVIII.[The Nordic Outlook][347]
[Bibliography][359]
[Index][379]

MAPS

[Ireland]
[Highlands and Lowlands of Scotland]
[Ulster Scot and New England Origins]
[Puritan Emigration from England, 1620-1640]
[Territorial Growth of the United States]
[The Thirteen Colonies]
[Roman Catholics, 1930]
[Congregational Churches]
[Negro Population, 1930]
[Negro Population: Increase and Decrease, 1920-1930]
[Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland]
[Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies]
[Distribution of Mexicans by States]
[South America]

[THE CONQUEST OF A CONTINENT]