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Roots quest : inside America's genealogy boom by Hogan, Jackie is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Roots quests: an introduction -- A genealogy of American genealogy -- Roots work: genealogy across cultures -- Memory work in the age of quantum genealogy -- The new blood quantum: genetic genealogy and the creation of kinship -- Who do we think we are? Televised roots quests -- In search of the "living dead": ancestors, zombies, and American roots quests -- Imagined homes: roots tourism and the quest for self -- Our ancestors, ourselves: roots and identity in an age of rootlessness.;"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.

Who reads Roots quest : inside America's genealogy boom?

Author

Hogan, Jackie

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9781442274563

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Sociology, Science

Rating

4.6 / 5 (5 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14