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intelligence and class structure in American life
xxvi, 872 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Offering a perspective on the social and economic problems of contemporary America, this study examines the relationship between ethnicity and intelligence.
1. Cognitive Class and Education, 1900-1990 -- 2. Cognitive Partitioning by Occupation -- 3. The Economic Pressure to Partition -- 4. Steeper Ladders, Narrower Gates -- 5. Poverty -- 6. Schooling -- 7. Unemployment, Idleness, and Inquiry -- 8. Family Matters -- 9. Welfare Dependency -- 10. Parenting -- 11. Crime -- 12. Civility and Citizenship -- 13. Ethnic Differences in Cognitive Ability -- 14. Ethnic Inequalities in Relation to IQ -- 15. The Demography of Intelligence -- 16. Social Behavior and the Prevalence of Low Cognitive Ability -- 17. Raising Cognitive Ability -- 18. The Leveling of American Education -- 19. Affirmative Action in Higher Education -- 20. Affirmative Action in the Workplace -- 21. The Way We Are Headed -- 22. A Place for Everyone -- App. 1 Statistics for People Who Are Sure They Can't Learn Statistics -- App. 2 Technical Issues Regarding the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth -- App. 3 Technical Issues Regarding the Armed Forces Qualification Test as a Measure of IQ -- App. 4 Regression Analyses from Part II -- App. 5 Supplemental Material for Chapter 13 -- App. 6 Regression Analyses from Chapter 14 -- App. 7 The Evolution of Affirmative Action in the Workplace.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 689-858) and index.