EPISODE · Apr 10, 2022 · 1H 8M

Episode 99: Historicizing the Search for Roots

from The Way of Improvement Leads Home: American History, Religion, Politics, and Academic life. · host John Fea

Do you do genealogical research? In this episode, historian Francesca Morgan talks about her new book A Nation of Descendants: Politics and the Practice of Genealogy in U.S. History. She discusses Americans' fascination with tracking family lineage through three centuries and how the practice has intersected with race, class, religion, and commercialism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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