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The measure of merit : talents, intelligence, and inequality in the French and American republics, 1750-1940 /
"In this wide-ranging account of American and French understandings of merit, talent, and intelligence over the past two centuries, John Carson tells the story of how two nations wrestled scientifically with human inequalities and their social and political implications. Surveying a broad array...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "In this wide-ranging account of American and French understandings of merit, talent, and intelligence over the past two centuries, John Carson tells the story of how two nations wrestled scientifically with human inequalities and their social and political implications. Surveying a broad array of political tracts, philosophical treatises, scientific works, and journalistic writings, Carson chronicles the gradual embrace of the IQ version of intelligence in the United States, while in France, the birthplace of the modern intelligence test, expert judgment was consistently prized above such quantitative measures. He also reveals the crucial role that determinations of, and contests over, merit have played in both societies - they have helped to organize educational systems, justify racial hierarchies, classify army recruits, and direct individuals onto particular educational and career paths."--Jacket. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0691187673 9780691187679 |