[Genealib] Re: Strangled by Roots

[Joy Rich]

"Strangled by Roots:  The Genealogy Craze in America" by Steven Pinker is online at 
http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/articles/media/2007.06.08_thenewrepublic.pdf .

A commentary on is at http://washergenes.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/blind-as-a-genealogist .

Joy Rich
Brooklyn, NY

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Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:54:10 -0400
From: "Richard Roberts" <RRoberts at cslib.org>
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There's also a very interesting article, "Strangled by Roots:  The Genealogy Craze in 
America" by Steven Pinker in the August 6 issue of The New Republic dealing with kinship 
from a social and behavioral perspective.

Richard C. Roberts
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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 09:07:12 +1000
From: Pat Gee <Pat_Gee at redcliffe.qld.gov.au>
Subject: RE: [Genealib] Two articles on genealogy you may not
haveseen.
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Are any of these articles online?

Regards,
Pat (from Australia)

Local History Librarian
Redcliffe City Library
PO Box 66
Redcliffe Q 4020
Phone:  07 3283 0320