The subject of this book is the distribution of human intellectual ability in space and in time. This is a topic of vital importance to the survival of a civilization based upon the freedom of the individual, yet it is one to which very little serious and systematic thought has been directed.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Page ix
I.
The Study of Intellect in History
Page 3
II.
The Emergence and Significance of Race
Page 35
III.
Climatic Cycles and Civilizations
Page 61
IV.
Scribes, Priests and Intellectual Elites
Page 77
V.
Greeks, Romans and Jews
Page 101
VI.
The Winnowing of Intellect in the Post-Classical Era
Page 123
VII.
Intelligence Tests and Intellectual Elites
Page 151
VIII.
Racial Patterns in Intelligence and Leadership
Page 173
IX.
Somatic Differences Among Races
Page 195
X.
Character Structure and Social Dynamism
Page 221
XI.
The Creative Minority and World Power
Page 241
XII.
The Loyal, The Unloyal, and The Disloyal
Page 255
XIII.
Inequality and the Free Society
Page 273
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Includes bibliographical references.
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