{"product_id":"the-birth-certificate-an-american-history-9781469679334","title":"The Birth Certificate  An American History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAward-winning historian Susan Pearson traces the birth certificate’s two-hundred-year history to explain when, how, and why they came to matter so much in the United States. This is a fascinating biography of a piece of paper that grounds our understanding of how those who live in the United States are considered Americans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbsorbing...An accessible, lively study of how a now-standard record came about.\"—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This impeccable and captivating work of historical scholarship will appeal to any historian of the postbellum United States, but particularly to social historians, intellectual historians, and historians of science and technology...In \u003ci\u003eThe Birth Certificate\u003c\/i\u003e, Pearson brilliantly weaves together a variety of archival sources to elucidate the intersection between lived experience, state bureaucracy, and systems of epistemic authority.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of Interdisciplinary History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Richly researched, beautifully written. . . . [A] crucial historical analysis of the vital bureaucratic document that establishes American identity\" —\u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Legal History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A crucial contribution to the study of age as a category of analysis. . . . Pearson's work will be thought-provoking for scholars and students alike.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of the History of Childhood and Youth\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50041309757783,"sku":"9781469679334","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781469679334.jpg?v=1740181993","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-birth-certificate-an-american-history-9781469679334","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}