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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 ● Pages 320 ● ISBN 9780674076341 ● Publisher Harvard University Press ● Published 2014 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2671303 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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