- Description
- 1 online resource (219 pages)
- 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
- Mismeasure of minds (Online)
- Studies in social medicine.
- Alternative Title
- Mismeasure of minds (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2018016978
- OCLC
- ssj0002060032
- Author
Staub, Michael E.
- Title
The mismeasure of minds [electronic resource] : debating race and intelligence between Brown and The Bell Curve / Michael E. Staub.
- Imprint
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
- Series
Studies in social medicine
Studies in social medicine.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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