Selling ancestry: family directories and the commodification of genealogy in eighteenth century Britain

Often cited but rarely studied in their own right, family directories allow a reconsideration of how ancestry and genealogy became an object of widespread commercialization across the eighteenth century. These directories replaced the expensive, locally-produced, early modern artefacts (tombs, windo...

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1. Verfasser: Jettot, Stéphane 1973- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch Karte
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2023
Schriftenreihe:Oxford scholarship online
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Zusammenfassung:Often cited but rarely studied in their own right, family directories allow a reconsideration of how ancestry and genealogy became an object of widespread commercialization across the eighteenth century. These directories replaced the expensive, locally-produced, early modern artefacts (tombs, windowpanes, illuminated pedigrees), and began to reach a wide audience of readers in the British Isles and the colonies. From the first Peerage in 1709 to the guidebooks of Debrett's and Burke's in the 1830s, Stéphane Jettot offers an insight into the cumulative process leading to the creation of these hybrid products - a combination of court almanacs, county histories, and town directories
Beschreibung:Also issued in print: 2023. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (x, 386 Seiten) Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9780191956690
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780192865960.001.0001