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William Z. Ripley, the Glossary

William Zebina Ripley (October 13, 1867 – August 16, 1941) was an American economist, lecturer at Columbia University, professor of economics at MIT, professor of political economy at Harvard University, and racial anthropologist.^[1]

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Alpine race

The Alpine race is an obsolete racial classification of humans based on a now-disproven theory of biological race.

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American Economic Association

The American Economic Association (AEA) is a learned society in the field of economics.

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Anthracite

Anthracite, also known as hard coal and black coal, is a hard, compact variety of coal that has a submetallic lustre.

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Anthropologist

An anthropologist is a person engaged in the practice of anthropology.

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Anthropometry

Anthropometry refers to the measurement of the human individual.

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Armenoid race

The Armenoid race was a supposed sub-race in the context of a now-outdated model of dividing humanity into different races which was developed originally by Europeans in support of colonialism.

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Cephalic index

The cephalic index or cranial index is a number obtained by taking the maximum width (biparietal diameter or BPD, side to side) of the head of an organism, multiplying it by 100 and then dividing it by their maximum length (occipitofrontal diameter or OFD, front to back).

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Columbia University

Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, is a private Ivy League research university in New York City.

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Connecticut

Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Economist

An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social science discipline of economics.

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Edgecomb, Maine

Edgecomb is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States.

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Eight-hour day

The eight-hour day (also known as the 40-hour week movement or the short-time movement) was a social movement to regulate the length of a working day, preventing excesses and abuses of working time.

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Eugenics

Eugenics is a set of beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality of a human population.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Interstate Commerce Commission

The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) was a regulatory agency in the United States created by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887.

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Jan Czekanowski

Jan Czekanowski (October 8, 1882, Głuchów – July 20, 1965, Szczecin) was a Polish anthropologist, statistician, ethnographer, traveller, and linguist.

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Joseph Deniker

Joseph Yegorovich Deniker (Иосиф Егорович Деникер, Yosif Yegorovich Deniker; 6 March 1852, in Astrakhan – 18 March 1918, in Paris) was a Russian-French naturalist and anthropologist, known primarily for his attempts to develop highly detailed maps of race in Europe. William Z. Ripley and Joseph Deniker are Proponents of scientific racism.

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Madison Grant

Madison Grant (November 19, 1865 – May 30, 1937) was an American lawyer, zoologist, anthropologist, and writer known for his work as a conservationist, eugenicist, and advocate of scientific racism. William Z. Ripley and Madison Grant are Amateur anthropologists and Proponents of scientific racism.

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Maine

Maine is a state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Lower 48.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Master race

The master race (Herrenrasse) is a pseudoscientific concept in Nazi ideology in which the putative "Aryan race" is deemed the pinnacle of human racial hierarchy.

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Medford, Massachusetts

Medford is a city northwest of downtown Boston on the Mystic River in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Mediterranean race

The Mediterranean race (also Mediterranid race) is an obsolete racial classification of humans based on a now-disproven theory of biological race.

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Mental disorder

A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness, a mental health condition, or a psychiatric disability, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning.

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Michael Chatfield

Michael Chatfield (1930s-2004) was an American economist, accounting historian, and Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the Southern Oregon University, known for his work on the history of accounting and accounting thought, and particularly for his History of Accounting: An International Encyclopedia, edited with Richard Vangermeersch.

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Nordic race

The Nordic race is an obsolete racial concept which originated in 19th-century anthropology.

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Nordicism

Nordicism is an ideology which views the historical race concept of the "Nordic race" as an endangered and superior racial group.

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Political economy

Political economy is a branch of political science and economics studying economic systems (e.g. markets and national economies) and their governance by political systems (e.g. law, institutions, and government).

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Pseudoscience

Pseudoscience consists of statements, beliefs, or practices that claim to be both scientific and factual but are incompatible with the scientific method.

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Race (human categorization)

Race is a categorization of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into groups generally viewed as distinct within a given society.

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Racism

Racism is discrimination and prejudice against people based on their race or ethnicity.

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Richard Vangermeersch

Richard G.J. Vangermeersch (born 1940) is an American economist, and Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Rhode Island, particularly known for his History of Accounting: An International Encyclopedia, edited with Michael Chatfield.

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Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland

The Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (RAI) is a long-established anthropological organisation, and Learned Society, with a global membership.

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Sanatorium

A sanatorium (from Latin sānāre 'to heal, make healthy'), also sanitarium or sanitorium, is a historic name for a specialised hospital for the treatment of specific diseases, related ailments, and convalescence.

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Scientific racism

Scientific racism, sometimes termed biological racism, is the pseudoscientific belief that the human species is divided into biologically distinct taxa called "races", and that empirical evidence exists to support or justify racial discrimination, racial inferiority, or racial superiority.

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Secrecy

Secrecy is the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups who do not have the "need to know", perhaps while sharing it with other individuals.

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Speculation

In finance, speculation is the purchase of an asset (a commodity, goods, or real estate) with the hope that it will become more valuable shortly.

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The Atlantic

The Atlantic is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Races of Europe (Ripley book)

The Races of Europe: A Sociological Study is a 1899 book published by American economist, lecturer, and racial anthropologist William Z. Ripley.

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Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or T.R., was an American politician, soldier, conservationist, historian, naturalist, explorer and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.

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Time (magazine)

Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress, or simply Congress, is the legislature of the federal government of the United States.

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United States corporate law

United States corporate law regulates the governance, finance and power of corporations in US law.

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United States Department of War

The United States Department of War, also called the War Department (and occasionally War Office in the early years), was the United States Cabinet department originally responsible for the operation and maintenance of the United States Army, also bearing responsibility for naval affairs until the establishment of the Navy Department in 1798, and for most land-based air forces until the creation of the Department of the Air Force on September 18, 1947.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Z._Ripley

Also known as W. Z. Ripley, W.Z. Ripley, WZ Ripley, William Zebina Ripley.

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Amateur anthropologists

Economists from Maine

People of the Interstate Commerce Commission

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