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'Gifted Children' in Britain and the World : elitism and equality since 1945 / Jennifer Crane.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crane, Jennifer, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gifted children--History.
- Gifted children.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 220 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- The idea that a child is intellectually 'gifted' has a social and cultural history. ''Gifted Children' in Britain and the World' analyses that social history at multiple scales, and makes the 'voices' of the 'gifted' young themselves central through examination of their poetry, letters, and life writing.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Everyday Encounters with Stupidity and Intellect, 1944-1962
- Emergent Voluntary Action for Gifted Children, 1963-1969
- Young People's Engagement with Gifted Spaces, 1970-1987
- Making Future Leaders: Psychology, Giftedness, and Legacies of Eugenics, 1970-1989
- Industrial and Industrious Future Elites, 1990-2010
- Gifted Children Saving 'Europe' and 'the World', 1975-2010
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
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