Nature and nurture in French social sciences, 1859-1914 and beyond [electronic resource] /
Martin S. Staum.
- Montréal ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2011.
- xii, 261 p., [4] p. of plates : ill., ports.
- McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 53 .
- McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 53. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-251) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Social sciences--History--France--19th century. Social sciences--History--France--20th century. Nature and nurture--History--France--19th century. Nature and nurture--History--France--20th century.