In this third week of Women's History Month, we are looking at social history books that will help you better understand her life.
Title: Generations and Change: Genealogical Perspectives in Social History
Author: Robert M Taylor, Jr and Ralph S Crandall (eds)
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Synopsis: "Even as its practitioners have incorporated new standards of professionalism and methodological sophistication, genealogical research is riding the crest of a revival of interest in the recovery of family and ethnic “roots”. At the same time, social historians have sought to study and revise our understanding of the past “from the bottom up”, emphasizing the historical description and analysis of family development. No longer the “silent partner” in studies of individuals, groups, and institutions, the family has been recognized as a significant variable in the evolution of society....This ...effort brings together historians, genealogists, archivists, and anthropologists to explore the use of genealogical research in understanding the past."
Why You Need This Book: This is an important academic work with chapters that explore genealogy and social history topics as related to methodology combining the two and then case studies. Well-known genealogists including Robert Charles Anderson (The Place of Genealogy in the Curriculum of Social Sciences) and Elizabeth Shown Mills (Ethnicity and the Souther Genelaiogists: Myths and Misconceptions, Resources and Opportunities) are represented here. New England case studies look at marriage patterns and child naming practices.
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