The Measure of Merit: Talents, Intelligence, and Inequality in the French and American Republics, 1750-1940
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- Synopsis
- Carson tells the fascinating story of how two nations wrestled scientifically with human inequalities and their social and political implications. Surveying an array of political tracts, philosophical treatises, scientific works, and journalistic writings, he chronicles the gradual embrace of the IQ version of intelligence in the U.S., while in France, the birthplace of the modern intelligence test, expert judgment was consistently prized above such quantitative measures.
- Copyright:
- 2007
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 401 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780691017150
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 05/14/12
- Copyrighted By:
- Princeton University Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Psychology, Education, Social Studies, Sociology
- Submitted By:
- Worth Trust
- Proofread By:
- Worth Trust
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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