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The big test : the secret history of the American meritocracy
Lemann, Nicholas.
Adult Nonfiction LB3051 .L44 1999
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| Contents | Page |
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| Book 1 - The Moral Equivalent of Religion | |
| 1. - Henry Chauncey's Idea | p. 3 |
| 2. - The Glass Slipper | p. 17 |
| 3. - Native Intelligence | p. 27 |
| 4. - The Natural Aristocracy | p. 42 |
| 5. - Victory | p. 53 |
| 6. - IQ Joe | p. 70 |
| 7. - The Census of One Ability | p. 81 |
| 8. - The Standard Gauge | p. 96 |
| 9. - In the System | p. 109 |
| 10. - Meritocracy | p. 115 |
| Book 2 - The Master Plan | |
| 11. - Rah! Rah! Rah! | p. 125 |
| 12. - Chauncey at Yale | p. 140 |
| 13. - The Negro Problem | p. 155 |
| 14. - The Fall of Clark Kerr | p. 166 |
| 15. - The Invention of the Asian-American | p. 174 |
| 16. - Mandarins | p. 185 |
| 17. - The Weak Spot | p. 198 |
| 18. - Working | p. 212 |
| 19. - The Fall of William Turnbull | p. 218 |
| Book 3 - The Guardians | |
| 20. - Behind the Curtain | p. 235 |
| 21. - Berkeley Squeezed | p. 241 |
| 22. - Molly's Crisis | p. 255 |
| 23. - The Case of Winton Manning | p. 268 |
| 24. - Surprise Attack | p. 278 |
| 25. - No Retreat | p. 293 |
| 26. - The Fundis and the Realos | p. 300 |
| 27. - Changing Sides | p. 309 |
| 28. - Defeat | p. 323 |
| Epilogue | p. 337 |
| Afterword: A Real Meritocracy | p. 343 |
| Notes | p. 351 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 391 |
| Index | p. 395 |
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