| Description |
1 online resource (289 pages) |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction: Looking at Faces; A Note on DNA Testing; 1 Mike Nichols; 2 Meryl Streep; 3 Queen Noor; 4 Louise Erdrich; 5 Yo-Yo Ma; 6 Dr. Mehmet Oz; 7 Mario Batali; 8 Elizabeth Alexander; 9 Malcolm Gladwell; 10 Stephen Colbert; 11 Kristi Yamaguchi; 12 Eva Longoria; DNA Appendix; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; About the Author |
| Summary |
As a nation of immigrants, the American experience is vibrantly defined by the diverse racial, ethnic, cultural, and religious heritage of its people. Perhaps because so many of their ancestors migrated to this country relatively recently, Americans are especially concerned with their family trees, carving out personal histories by combing through documents such as wills and estate records, federal and state censuses, and private family papers, and mining the stories and tales handed down to them by their forebears. Since 2007, the Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., has been helping Afric |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Genetic genealogy -- United States -- Case studies
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Race -- Biography
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HISTORY -- United States -- General.
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Genetic genealogy
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Race
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Genealogy -- Case studies
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010016968 |
| ISBN |
9780814733202 |
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0814733204 |
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0814732658 |
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9780814732656 |
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