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Deliberately divided : inside the controversial study of twins and triplets adopted apart / Nancy L. Segal.
Title:
Deliberately divided : inside the controversial study of twins and triplets adopted apart / Nancy L. Segal.
ISBN:
9781538132852
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Publication Information:
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021]
Physical Description:
xvi, 501 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Illustrious and ignoble: twin studies -- Policies and people: separated by design -- How did it work?: inside the twin study -- Twin brothers with twin sisters: familiar strangers -- "The biggest thing in my life": Kathy and Betsy: -- 60 Minutes: media inquiry -- Dancing solo: Anne and Susan -- Identical, but not the same: Melanie and Ellen – Parallel paths: Howard and Doug – “Three versions of the very same song”: identical triplets -- Twinless again: Sharon Morello -- Unpublished or unavailable?: in search of the findings -- Yale University Press: the book that never was -- Not just a doppelgänger?: Justin Goldberg -- Artists from afar: Paula and Elyse -- Opportunities lost: Paula and Marjorie -- Fraternal, almost identical: Michele and Allison -- Letters of protest: Oscars and Emmys -- Professional standards: codes of conduct, legalities, and moralities -- Over or unfinished?: continuing controversies.
Summary:
"Takes the first in-depth look at the New York City adoption agency that separated twins and triplets in the 1960s, and the controversial and disturbing study that tracked the children’s development while never telling their adoptive parents that they were raising a 'singleton twin.'"--Author's webpage.
OCLC Number:
on1236090687
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