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The mismeasure of minds : debating race and intelligence between Brown and The bell curve
- Title
- The mismeasure of minds : debating race and intelligence between Brown and The bell curve / Michael E. Staub.
- Author
- Staub, Michael E.
- Publication
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
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Details
- Description
- 219 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "The 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision required desegregation of America's schools, but it also set in motion an agonizing multi-decade debate over race, class, and IQ. In this innovative book, Michael E. Staub investigates neuropsychological studies published between Brown and the controversial 1994 book, The Bell Curve. In doing so, he illuminates how we came to view race and intelligence today"--
- Series Statement
- Studies in social medicine
- Uniform Title
- Studies in social medicine.
- Subjects
- Eugenics
- Educational psychology
- Segregation in education
- Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961
- Racism > Psychological aspects
- Eugenics > United States > History
- United States
- History
- Educational psychology > United States
- Intellect > Social aspects > United States
- Segregation in education > United States
- Topeka (Kan.) > Board of Education > Trials, litigation, etc
- Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961 > Trials, litigation, etc
- Intellect > Genetic aspects
- Trials
- School integration > United States
- Intelligence tests > Social aspects > United States
- Herrnstein, Richard J > Bell curve
- Racism > United States > Psychological aspects
- Intelligence levels > Social aspects > United States
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-209) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Plasticity of intelligence, education reform, and the disadvantaged child -- Minimal brain dysfunction, Ritalin, and racial politics -- The politics of cerebral asymmetry and racial difference -- A racial history of emotional intelligence -- Neuroscience, race, and intelligence after The bell curve -- Afterword.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-421
- ISBN
- 9781469643595
- 1469643596
- LCCN
- 2018016978
- 40028628200
- OCLC
- 1029481321
- Author
- Staub, Michael E., author.
- Title
- The mismeasure of minds : debating race and intelligence between Brown and The bell curve / Michael E. Staub.
- Publisher
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Studies in social medicineStudies in social medicine.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-209) and index.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40028628200
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-421