TY  - BOOK
N2  - "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.
N2  - 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.
AB  - "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.
AB  - 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.
T1  - The measure of merit :talents, intelligence, and inequality in the French and American republics, 1750-1940 /
DA  - ©2007.
CY  - Princeton :
AU  - Carson, John,
CN  - BF431.5.F8
PB  - Princeton University Press,
PP  - Princeton :
PY  - ©2007.
ID  - 1389630
KW  - Intelligence levels
KW  - Intelligence levels
KW  - Intellect
KW  - Intellect
KW  - Ability
KW  - Ability
KW  - Equality
KW  - Affirmative action programs in education
KW  - Social stratification
KW  - Social stratification
KW  - Intelligence
KW  - Aptitude
KW  - 71.12 social stratification, social mobility.
KW  - Intelligenza
KW  - Intelligenza
KW  - Ability.
KW  - Affirmative action programs in education.
KW  - Equality.
KW  - Intellect
KW  - Intelligence levels
KW  - Social stratification.
KW  - Leistungsmessung
KW  - Intelligenz
KW  - Ungleichheit
KW  - Bildungspolitik
KW  - Debatte
KW  - Begabung
KW  - Gleichheitssatz
KW  - Intelligentie.
KW  - Verdiensten.
KW  - Sociale stratificatie.
KW  - Positieve actie.
KW  - Soziale Gleichheit
KW  - Intelligenz
KW  - Intelligenz
KW  - Intelligenz
KW  - Privileg
KW  - Gerechtigkeit
KW  - Gerechtigkeit
KW  - Intelligenz
KW  - Intelligenz
KW  - Leistung
KW  - Leistung
KW  - Soziale Gleichheit
KW  - inégalité sociale
SN  - 0691017158
SN  - 9780691017150
TI  - The measure of merit :talents, intelligence, and inequality in the French and American republics, 1750-1940 /
ER  -