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Family Trees - A History of Genealogy in America

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Informationen zum Autor François Weil is the Chancellor of the Universities of Paris. He is professor of history and a former president of the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. Klappentext 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 Ancestry.com and advances in DNA testing. Zusammenfassung 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 Ancestry.com and advances in DNA testing.

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Authors Weil, Fran?ois Weil, Francios Weil, Francois Weil, François Weil
Publisher Harvard University Press
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 19.04.2013
 
EAN 9780674045835
ISBN 978-0-674-04583-5
No. of pages 250
Dimensions 150 mm x 216 mm x 30 mm
Subjects Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous

HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / General, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Genealogy, heraldry, names and honours

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