NEW BOOKS: Family histories open new windows on historical events – J.
Books coverage is supported by a generous grant from The Milton and Sophie Meyer Fund. What makes books on family history so compelling for me is that they offer a fresh and personal lens on historical events while simultaneously illustrating how historical circumstances have a profound impact on the development of people and their descendants. Raised in Santiago, Berkeley and Mexico City, Claudio Lomnitz is a professor of anthropology at Columbia University. Lomnitz’s quest to understand his ancestors’ lives was made more difficult by the need to unravel the complicated national claims...
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