This rare text contains a treatise on the theorised origins of the blond race and the Aryan culture, written by the esteemed American economist and sociologist, Thorstein Bunde Veblen. A fascinating and eloquent exposition, this book analyses factors such as migration, geology, and early cultural paradigms in an attempt to provide an insight into the beginnings of Aryan culture. A thoroughly insightful book written with the eloquence readers of Thorstein's work have come to expect, this fascinating text will appeal to enthusiasts and students of anthropology as well as anyone who has previously enjoyed the seminal work of Thorstein. Thorstein Bunde Veblen was an American economist, sociologist, and leading figure in the institutional economics movement, best known for his book The Theory of the Leisure Class(1899). First published in 1913, this scarce classic is proudly republished now with a new introductory biography of the author.