The Mismeasure of Man (Record no. 4743)
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| fixed length control field | 01399nam a2200193 4500 |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 95044442 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780393314250 |
| 024 ## - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER | |
| Standard number or code | 33276490 |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | BF431.G68 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 153.9 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Stephen Jay Gould |
| 245 1# - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Mismeasure of Man |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | W. W. Norton & Company |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 448 pages |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | The definitive refutation to the argument of The Bell Curve.When published in 1981, The Mismeasure of Man was immediately hailed as a masterwork, the ringing answer to those who would classify people, rank them according to their supposed genetic gifts and limits. Yet the idea of biology as destiny dies hard, as witness the attention devoted to The Bell Curve, whose arguments are here so effectively anticipated and thoroughly undermined. In this edition, Stephen Jay Gould has written a substantial new introduction telling how and why he wrote the book and tracing the subsequent history of the controversy on innateness right through The Bell Curve. Further, he has added five essays on questions of The Bell Curve in particular and on race, racism, and biological determinism in general. These additions strengthen the book's claim to be, as Leo J. Kamin of Princeton University has said, "a major contribution toward deflating pseudo-biological 'explanations' of our present social woes." |
| 521 ## - TARGET AUDIENCE NOTE | |
| Target audience note | 1360 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Psychology |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Lake Chapala Society | Lake Chapala Society | 07/17/2024 | 153.9 GOULD | 65124 | 07/17/2024 | 1 | 07/17/2024 | Book |