The measure of merit : talents, intelligence, and inequality in the French and American republics, 1750-1940 /
Carson, John,1954-
Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press,
c2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-385) and index.
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.
Intelligence levels
Intelligence levels
Intellect
Intellect
Ability
Ability
Equality
Affirmative action programs in education
Social stratification
Social stratification