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The smart culture society, intelligence, and law

Society, intelligence, and law (portion title)

L., Hayman Robert. (Author).

Summary: What exactly is intelligence? Is it social achievement? Professional success? Is it common sense? Or the number on an IQ test?. Interweaving engaging narratives with dramatic case studies, Robert L. Hayman, Jr., has written a history of intelligence that will forever change the way we think about who is smart and who is not. To give weight to his assertion that intelligence is not simply an inherent characteristic but rather one which reflects the interests and predispositions of those doing the measuring, Hayman traces numerous campaigns to classify human intelligence. His tour takes us throu.

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ISBN: 9780814744789
ISBN: 0814744788
Physical Description: 1 online resource (416 pages)
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Publisher: New York : NYU Press, 1997.

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Formatted Contents Note:	1 Introduction : Smart People; 2 The First Object of Government : Creation Myths; 3 In the Nature of Things : Myths of Race and Racism; 4 A Neutral Qualification : Myths of the Market; 5 Creating the Smart Culture : Myths of Inferiority; 6 The Smart Culture : Myths of Intelligence; 7 The Constitution Is Powerless : Myths of Equality under Law; An Epilogue : The Next Reconstruction.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.