Description |
304 pages ; 22 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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. |
Summary |
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 |
Genealogy.
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Genealogy -- Social aspects -- United States.
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National characteristics, American.
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ISBN |
9780674045835 alkaline paper |
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0674045831 alkaline paper |
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