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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. Deftly weaving together social, political, and legal history, 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.

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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. Deftly weaving together social, political, and legal history, 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.
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Susan J. Pearson is associate professor of history at Northwestern University and the author of The Rights of the Defenseless: Protecting Animals and Children in Gilded Age America.