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Nature and nurture in French social sciences, 1859-1914 and beyond / Martin S. Staum.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Staum, Martin S.
- Series:
- McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 53.
- McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 53
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social sciences--France--History--19th century.
- Social sciences.
- Social sciences--France--History--20th century.
- Nature and nurture--France--History--19th century.
- Nature and nurture.
- Nature and nurture--France--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (278 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montréal ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Deals with the dilemmas of early French social scientists inclined to stress either heredity or environment, but forced to concede the influence of both.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction to the Nature-Nuture Debate
- 2. The Ethnographers
- 3. The Anthropologists
- 4. Ribot and Psychological Heredity
- 5. Heredity and Milieu in the Revue philosophique
- 6. Alfred Binet: From Measuring Heads to Testing Intelligence
- 7. The Non-Durkeimian Sociologists
- 8. Reorientation of Institutions
- 9. Echoes in the Vichy Era
- 10. Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-251) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-53161-5
- 9786613844064
- 0-7735-8594-X
- OCLC:
- 805829788
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