Akenson, Donald Harman, 1941-

Some family the Mormons and how humanity keeps track of itself / [electronic resource] : Donald Harman Akenson. - Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2007 - 1 online resource (1 electronic text (x, 349 p. : ill.)) : digital file. - Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection. .

Issued as part of the Canadian Electronic Library publishers collection.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. Getting in touch. Yesterday's news -- What do the Mormons think ... ? -- The indomitable overcoming the inevitable -- pt. 2. The course of Adam. What's the plot? -- The grammars of genealogical ascent -- A big imperial engine? -- Resistance, submission, subversion -- pt. 3. The saints come marching. God's massive engine? -- Appendices. A. The poverty of terminology -- Inbreeding and incest -- False-paternity -- False-maternity -- Genetics as genealogical evidence.

9780773575677 (electronic bk.) 0773575677 (electronic bk.)




Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Family History Library --History.


Genealogy.
Mormon Church.
Mormons.
REFERENCE / Genealogy & Heraldry


Electronic books.

CS14 / .A38 2007eb

929/.1