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Cover: 9781469664781 | A Nation of Descendants | Francesca Morgan | Taschenbuch | Englisch
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A Nation of Descendants
Politics and the Practice of Genealogy in U.S. History
Taschenbuch von Francesca Morgan
Sprache: Englisch

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"Contending that the U.S. was the earliest western country to embrace genealogy on a mass level, Francesca Morgan traces Americans' fascination with tracking family lineage from the early republic to the present day, showing how it evolved from a largely elite phenomenon practiced by white men of western European descent to a commercial enterprise reaching people of diverse backgrounds. In the first half of the book, Morgan examines how specific groups throughout history grappled with finding and recording their forebears, focusing on Anglo/White, Mormon, African American, Jewish, and Native American people. Morgan devotes the second half of the book the practice of genealogy in the modern era, analyzing of how individuals and researchers have used genealogy for personal and scholarly purposes. Morgan also explores the commercialization and commodification of genealogy, powered by entrepreneurs that span from local businesspeople to the Church of Latter-Day Saints and from companies like [...] to Skip Gates's Finding Your Roots series"--
"Contending that the U.S. was the earliest western country to embrace genealogy on a mass level, Francesca Morgan traces Americans' fascination with tracking family lineage from the early republic to the present day, showing how it evolved from a largely elite phenomenon practiced by white men of western European descent to a commercial enterprise reaching people of diverse backgrounds. In the first half of the book, Morgan examines how specific groups throughout history grappled with finding and recording their forebears, focusing on Anglo/White, Mormon, African American, Jewish, and Native American people. Morgan devotes the second half of the book the practice of genealogy in the modern era, analyzing of how individuals and researchers have used genealogy for personal and scholarly purposes. Morgan also explores the commercialization and commodification of genealogy, powered by entrepreneurs that span from local businesspeople to the Church of Latter-Day Saints and from companies like [...] to Skip Gates's Finding Your Roots series"--
Über den Autor
Francesca Morgan is professor of history at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago and author of Women and Patriotism in Jim Crow America.
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781469664781
ISBN-10: 146966478X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Morgan, Francesca
Hersteller: University of North Carolina Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 206 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Francesca Morgan
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.10.2021
Gewicht: 0,454 kg
Artikel-ID: 119747602
Über den Autor
Francesca Morgan is professor of history at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago and author of Women and Patriotism in Jim Crow America.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781469664781
ISBN-10: 146966478X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Morgan, Francesca
Hersteller: University of North Carolina Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 206 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Francesca Morgan
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.10.2021
Gewicht: 0,454 kg
Artikel-ID: 119747602
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