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Item Details
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SOME FAMILY
THE MORMONS AND HOW HUMANITY KEEPS TRACK OF ITSELF |
| By: |
Donald Harman Akenson |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£19.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0773537279 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780773537279 |
| Publisher: |
MCGILL-QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
5 February, 2010 |
| Pages: |
349 |
| Description: |
"Donald Akenson writes authoritatively and with verve about this controversial mixture of religion, politics, and culture ... this is a good book that rewards repeated readings." Books in Canada |
| Synopsis: |
Using supporting evidence that runs from the Solomon Islands and classical China to ancient Ireland, Akenson argues that there are four basic genealogical forms. Highly significant on its own, this insight also provides the information needed to assess the Latter-day Saints' efforts to provide a single narrative of how humanity keeps track of itself. Appendices cover topics of vital interest to historians, genealogists, and ethnographers, such as the use and limits of genetic data in genealogy, the reality of false-paternity as a widespread phenomenon in genealogical lines, and the vexing issues of incest and cousin-marriage. A unique study of a neglected topic, Some Family illuminates the stories that cultures tell themselves through their family trees. |
| Illustrations: |
black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white |
| Publication: |
Canada |
| Imprint: |
McGill-Queen's University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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