The Smart Culture : Society, Intelligence, and Law.

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 wh...

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Main Author:	L., Hayman Robert
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : NYU Press, 1997.
Series:	Critical America.
Subjects:	Mental health laws > United States. People with mental disabilities > Civil rights > United States. Equality before the law > United States. Culture and law. Intelligence levels. Law. Social Science. LAW > Legal History. Equality before the law. Mental health laws. People with mental disabilities > Civil rights. United States. Electronic books.
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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.
Item Description:	Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (416 pages).
ISBN:	9780814744789 0814744788