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Francois Weil
Family Trees [EPUB ebook]
A History of Genealogy in America

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Americans long and restless search for identity through family trees illuminates the story of America itself, according to Francois 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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Format EPUB ● Seiten 320 ● ISBN 9780674076341 ● Verlag Harvard University Press ● Erscheinungsjahr 2014 ● herunterladbar 6 mal ● Währung EUR ● ID 2671303 ● Kopierschutz Adobe DRM

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