Publication

2011 - Oxford University Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

56,500 words, Guess

Page Count

226 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC929/.1
  • LCCCS14 .Z47 2011
  • LCCCS14 .Z47 2012
and 1 more
  • LCCCS14.Z47 2011

Description

Noted social scientist Eviatar Zerubavel casts a critical eye on how we trace our past-individually and collectively arguing that rather than simply find out who our ancestors are from genetics or history, we actually create the stories that make them our ancestors.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Ancestors and relatives: genealogical visions of family, ethnicity, race, and humanityOxford University Press2011-01-01

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