One: “The most precious gift of nature”

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables ix
4. Preface and Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I: MENTAL ABILITIES AND REPUBLICAN CULTURES
7. One: “The most precious gift of nature” 11
8. Two: Mental Capacities and Orthodox Minds 38
9. Three: All Men Are Created Equal? 75
10. Part II: INDIVIDUALIZING INTELLIGENCE THROUGH THE SCIENCE OF DIFFERENCE
11. Four: Between the Art of the Clinic and the Precision of the Laboratory 113
12. Five: American Psychology and the Seductions of IQ 159
13. Part III: MERIT, MATTER, AND MIND
14. Six: Out of the Lab and Into the World 197
15. Seven: Intelligence and the Politics of Merit between the Wars 229
16. Epilogue 271
17. Notes 281
18. Index 387