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Some Family
Donald Harman Akenson
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Description for Some Family
Paperback. "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 Num Pages: 349 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTG; HR; RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
349
Condition
New
Number of Pages
349
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773537279
SKU
V9780773537279
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About Donald Harman Akenson
Donald Harman Akenson is Douglas Professor of Canadian and Colonial History, Queen's University, the world's leading scholar on the Irish diaspora, and the author of several major works on the history of Judaism and Christianity.
Reviews for Some Family
"Some Family is both an important study and a good read. It ranks among the best books on modern Mormonism, and makes a unique contribution to understanding some of its more arcane beliefs and practices. It is also an extraordinarily brilliant analysis of the role of narrative imagination in humanity's effort to account for itself, and even constitute itself, as ... Read more