The measure of merit : talents, intelligence, and inequality in the French and American republics, 1750-1940 / John Carson.

Author/creator Carson, John, 1954-
Format Book
Publication InfoPrinceton : Princeton University Press, ©2007.
Descriptionxvii, 401 pages ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects
Intelligence levels--Social aspects. --France.
Intelligence levels--Social aspects. --United States.
Intellect--Social aspects. --France.
Intellect--Social aspects. --United States.
Ability--France.
Ability--United States.
Equality--France.
Affirmative action programs in education--France.
Social stratification--France.
Social stratification--United States.

Contents Mental abilities and Republican cultures. "The most precious gift of nature" : natural aristocracy, Republican polities, and the meanings of talent ; Mental capacities and orthodox minds : mental science, education, and the politics of individual difference ; All men are created equal? : anthropology, intelligence, and the science of race -- Individualizing intelligence through the science of difference. Between the art of the clinic and the precision of the laboratory : individual intelligence and the science of difference in Third Republic France ; American psychology and the seductions of IQ -- Merit, matter, and mind. Out of the lab and into the world : intelligence goes to war ; Intelligence and the politics of merit between the wars.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [281]-385) and index.
LCCN 2006006604
ISBN0691017158 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780691017150

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks BF431.5.F8 C37 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold