:intelligence and class structure in American life
/ Richard J. Herrnstein, Charles Murray
New York
: Free Press,
, c1994.
xxvi, 845 p.
: ill. ; 23 cm.
e
Includes bibliographical references (p. 775-832) and index.
Cognitive class and education, 1900-1990 -- Cognitive partitioning by occupation -- The economic pressure to partition -- Steeper ladders, narrower gates -- Poverty -- Schooling -- Unemployment, idleness, and injury -- Family matters -- Welfare dependency -- Parenting -- Crime -- Civility and citizenship -- Ethnic differences in cognitive ability -- Ethnic inequalities in relation to IQ -- The demography of intelligence -- Social behavior and the prevalence of low cognitive ability -- Raising cognitive ability -- The leveling of American education -- Affirmative action in higher education -- Affirmative action in the workplace -- The way we are headed -- A place for everyone.
Intellect.
Nature and nurture.
Intelligence levels--United States
Intelligence levels--Social aspects--United States