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City of remembering : a history of genealogy in New Orleans / Susan Tucker.
Van Pelt Library F379.N557 T83 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tucker, Susan, 1950- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- New Orleans (La.)--Genealogy.
- New Orleans (La.).
- Louisiana--New Orleans.
- Genre:
- Genealogy.
- Family histories.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 228 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2016]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Introduction 3
- Chapter 2 Foundations of One City in a Nation of Genealogy 11
- Chapter 3 The Journey to a Populist Culture of Searching 31
- Chapter 4 Public Genealogies around Creole and Other Ethnic Identities 53
- Chapter 5 Treasures: Memory Objects, Private Records, Science, and Art 77
- Chapter 6 The "Most Wonderful Collections": New Orleans Recordkeeping 102
- Chapter 7 One Account: Many Branches in Family Trees 122
- Chapter 8 Complexities of Gender in Family History 139
- Chapter 9 A Continuum of Family History 158.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Tucker, Susan, 1950- author. New Orleans, city of remembering.
- ISBN:
- 9781496806215
- 1496806212
- OCLC:
- 930257127
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