Paternity: The Elusive Quest for the Father 9780674239982
For most of human history, paternity was uncertain. Blood types, fingerprinting, and, recently, DNA analysis promised to
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Table of contents :
CONTENTS
PROLOGUE WHO’S YOUR DADDY?
1. LOOKING FOR THE FATHER
2. THE CHARLATAN AND THE OSCILLOPHORE
3. BLOOD WORK
4. CITY OF STRANGERS
5. BODIES OF EVIDENCE
6. JEWISH FATHERS, ARYAN GENEALOGIES
7. TO THE WHITE HUSBAND A BLACK BABY
8. CITIZEN FATHERS AND PAPER SONS
EPILOGUE PATERNITY IN THE AGE OF DNA
ABBREVIATIONS
NOTES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX
CONTENTS
PROLOGUE WHO’S YOUR DADDY?
1. LOOKING FOR THE FATHER
2. THE CHARLATAN AND THE OSCILLOPHORE
3. BLOOD WORK
4. CITY OF STRANGERS
5. BODIES OF EVIDENCE
6. JEWISH FATHERS, ARYAN GENEALOGIES
7. TO THE WHITE HUSBAND A BLACK BABY
8. CITIZEN FATHERS AND PAPER SONS
EPILOGUE PATERNITY IN THE AGE OF DNA
ABBREVIATIONS
NOTES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX
- Author / Uploaded
- Nara B. Milanich
