Family trees : a history of genealogy in America /

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Americans' long and restless search for identity through family trees illuminates the story of America itself, according to François Weil, as preoccupation with social standing, racial purity, and national belonging gave way to an embrace of diversity in one's forebears, pursued through A...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Weil, François
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Genealogy.
Genealogy > Social aspects > United States.
National characteristics, American.
REFERENCE > Genealogy & Heraldry.
HISTORY > Social History.
Genealogy
Genealogy > Social aspects
National characteristics, American
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Lineage and family in colonial America
  • The rise of American genealogy
  • Antebellum blood and vanity
  • "Upon the love of country and pride of race"
  • Pedigrees and the market
  • Everybody's search for roots.

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