Introduction: motives, meanings, and contexts; 1. Spirit and science:
faith, healing, and mission; 2. 'A little child shall lead them':
educational evangelism and child study; 3. 'Psychological work among the
feeble-minded': the medical meaning of 'mental deficiency'; 4.
Psychological work in the schools: the statistical meaning of
'subnormality'; 5. Causes and consequences: the Kallikak family as eugenic
parable; 6. The biology and sociology of 'prevention': defectives,
dependents, and delinquents; 7. Psychological work and the state:
reformers, professionals, and the public; 8. Psychological work and the
nation: the political meaning of intelligence; 9. Leaving Vineland:
popularity, notoriety, and a place in history; Epilogue: psychological
legacies, historical lessons, and luck.
