The Measure Of Merit: Talents, Intelligence, And Inequality In The French A...

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Book Title: The Measure Of Merit: Talents, Intelligence, And Inequality ...

Number of Pages: 416 Pages

Publication Name: Measure of Merit : Talents, Intelligence, and Inequality in the French and American Republics, 1750-1940

Language: English

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Item Height: 1.2 in

Subject: Public Policy / General, Educational Psychology, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology / General, General, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, History

Publication Year: 2006

Item Weight: 17 Oz

Type: Textbook

Author: John Carson

Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science, Education, Science, Psychology

Item Length: 9.4 in

Item Width: 6.7 in

Format: Hardcover