Title The social life of DNA : race, reparations, and reconciliation after the genome / Alondra Nelson.

Publication Info.

Boston : Beacon Press, [2016]

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Location	Call No.	Status
New Britain, Main Library - Display shelf	305.896 N33	Check Shelf
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction	305.896 NELSON	Check Shelf
Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction	305.896 NELSON	Check Shelf

Description	xiii, 200 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-192) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- Reconciliation projects -- Ground work -- Game changer -- The pursuit of African ancestry -- Roots revelations -- Acts of reparation -- The Rosa Parks of the reparation litigation movement -- DNA diasporas -- Racial politics after the genome.
Summary	"The unexpected story of how genetic testing is affecting race in America, "--NoveList.
Subject	African Americans -- Race identity.
	African Americans -- History.
	Genetics -- Social aspects -- United States.
	Genealogy -- Social aspects -- United States.
	Genomics -- Social aspects -- United States.
	Sociogenomics -- United States.
	Sociogenomics. (OCoLC)fst01982770
	African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
	African Americans -- Race identity. (OCoLC)fst00799666
	Genealogy -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00939682
	Genetics -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00940138
	Genomics -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00940231
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN	9780807033012 (hardcover : alk. paper)
	0807033014 (hardcover : alk. paper)
	9780807033029 (ebook)
	9780807027189 (paperback)

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