Roots quest: inside America's genealogy boom

"In Roots Quest, sociologist Jackie Hogan digs into our current genealogy boom to ask why we are so interested in our family history. She shows how the surging popularity of genealogy is a response to large-scale social changes, and she explores the way our increasingly rootless society fuels t...

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1. Verfasser: Hogan, Jackie 1967- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lanham Rowman & Littlefield [2018]
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Zusammenfassung:"In Roots Quest, sociologist Jackie Hogan digs into our current genealogy boom to ask why we are so interested in our family history. She shows how the surging popularity of genealogy is a response to large-scale social changes, and she explores the way our increasingly rootless society fuels the quest for an elemental sense of belonging...for roots."...Provided by publisher
Beschreibung:Includes index
Beschreibung:xi, 222 Seiten Diagramme
ISBN:9781442274563

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