001404015 000__ 03158cam\a2200421Ia\4500 001404015 001__ 1404015 001404015 005__ 20220707160757.0 001404015 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001404015 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 001404015 008__ 220707s2013\\\\mau\\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 001404015 010__ $$z2012044769 001404015 020__ $$a9780674076341$$qelectronic book 001404015 020__ $$z0674045831 001404015 020__ $$z9780674045835 001404015 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn840416063 001404015 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10689572 001404015 035__ $$a689567 001404015 037__ $$a10.4159/harvard.9780674076341$$bDOI 001404015 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$beng$$cCaPaEBR 001404015 05014 $$aCS9$$b.W45 2013eb 001404015 08204 $$a929.20973$$223 001404015 1001_ $$aWeil, François. 001404015 24510 $$aFamily trees$$h[electronic resource] :$$ba history of genealogy in America /$$cFrancois Weil. 001404015 260__ $$aCambridge :$$bHarvard University Press,$$c2013. 001404015 300__ $$a1 online resource (304 p.) 001404015 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 001404015 5050_ $$aLineage and family in colonial America -- The rise of American genealogy -- Antebellum blood and vanity -- "Upon the love of country and pride of race" -- Pedigrees and the market -- Everybody's search for roots. 001404015 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001404015 520__ $$aThe quest for roots has been an enduring American preoccupation. Over the centuries, generations have sketched coats of arms, embroidered family trees, establish local genealogical societies, and carefully filled in the blanks in their Bibles, all in pursuit of self-knowledge and status through kinship ties. This long and varied history of Americans' search for identity illuminates the story of America itself, according to the author, as fixations with social standing, racial purity, and national belonging gave way in the twentieth century to an embrace of diverse ethnicity and heritage. Seeking out one's ancestors was a genteel pursuit in the colonial era, when an aristocratic pedigree secured a place in the British Atlantic empire. Genealogy developed into a middle-class diversion in the young republic. But over the next century, knowledge of one's family background came to represent a quasi-scientific defense of elite "Anglo-Saxons" in a nation transformed by immigration and the emancipation of slaves. By the mid-twentieth century, when a new enthusiasm for cultural diversity took hold, the practice of tracing one's family tree had become thoroughly democratized and commercialized. Today, Ancestry.com attracts over two million members with census records and ship manifests, while popular television shows depict celebrities exploring archives and submitting to DNA testing to learn the stories of their forebears. Further advances in genetics promise new insights as Americans continue their restless pursuit of past and place in an ever-changing world. 001404015 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 001404015 650_0 $$aGenealogy$$zUnited States. 001404015 650_0 $$aGenealogy$$xSocial aspects$$zUnited States. 001404015 650_0 $$aNational characteristics, American. 001404015 77608 $$iPrint versionL$$aWeil, Francois.$$tFamily trees.$$dCambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013$$z9780674045835$$w(DLC) 2012044769$$w(OCoLC)812067631 001404015 85280 $$bebk$$hProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete 001404015 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/usiricelib/Doc?id=10689572$$zOnline Access 001404015 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:689567$$pGLOBAL_SET 001404015 980__ $$aEBOOK 001404015 980__ $$aBIB 001404015 982__ $$aEbook 001404015 983__ $$aOnline