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Podcast: The Way of Improvement Leads Home: American History, Religion, Politics, and Academic life. (LS 41 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: Episode 99: Historicizing the Search for RootsPub date: 2022-04-10Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationDo 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/adchoicesThe podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from John Fea, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
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