
Finding Your Roots, Season 1
The Official Companion to the PBS Series
Henry Louis Gates Jr(Author)
The University of North Carolina Press
Published on 15. September 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-1-4696-2614-7 (ISBN)
Description
Who are we, and where do we come from? The fundamental drive to answer these questions is at the heart of Finding Your Roots, the companion book to the PBS documentary series seen by 30 million people. As Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. shows us, the tools of cutting-edge genomics and deep genealogical research now allow us to learn more about our roots, looking further back in time than ever before. Gates's investigations take on the personal and genealogical histories of more than twenty luminaries, including United States Congressman John Lewis, actor Robert Downey Jr., CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, President of the ""Becoming American Institute"" Linda Chavez, and comedian Margaret Cho. Interwoven with their moving stories of immigration, assimilation, strife, and success, Gates provides practical information for amateur genealogists just beginning archival research on their own families' roots, and he details the advances in genetic research now available to the public. The result is an illuminating exploration of who we are, how we lost track of our roots, and how we can find them again.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chapel Hill
United States
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
593 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4696-2614-7 (9781469626147)
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09/2014
The University of North Carolina Press
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Persons
Henry Louis Gates Jr is the Alphonse Fletcher Jr. University Professor and Director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University, USA.