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Family trees : a history of genealogy in America

Title
  1. Family trees : a history of genealogy in America / François Weil.
Published by
  1. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013.
Author
  1. Weil, François.

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Description
  1. 304 pages; 22 cm
Summary
  1. Traces the history of genealogy in the United States, from its early preoccupation with social status and lineage, to a nineteenth-century search for Anglo-Saxon roots, to a twentieth-century acceptance of diversity and the introduction of DNA technology.
Subject
  1. Genealogy
  2. National characteristics, American
  3. Genealogy > Social aspects > United States
Contents
  1. 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.
Call number
  1. CS9
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author
  1. Weil, François.
Title
  1. Family trees : a history of genealogy in America / François Weil.
Publisher
  1. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN
  1. 2012044769
ISBN
  1. 9780674045835 (alk. paper)
  2. 0674045831 (alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. *R-USLHG CS9 .W45 2013
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