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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carson, John, 1954-
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2007], ©2007.
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.
Physical Description:xvii, 401 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
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.