Merit : the history of a founding ideal from the American Revolution to the twenty-first century / / Joseph F. Kett.
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | American institutions and society
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| Physical Description: | ix, 332 p. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Merit |h [electronic resource] : |b the history of a founding ideal from the American Revolution to the twenty-first century / |c Joseph F. Kett. |
| 260 | |a Ithaca : |b Cornell University Press, |c 2013. | ||
| 300 | |a ix, 332 p. | ||
| 440 | 0 | |a American institutions and society | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction : the faces of merit -- Republic of merit -- Merit and the culture of public life -- Small worlds : competition in the colleges -- Making the grade : managed competition and schooling -- The scientific measurement of merit -- The "presumption of merit" : institutionalizing merit -- Squeeze play : merit in government -- Merit in crisis -- Epilogue : merit, equality, consent. | |
| 533 | |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Merit (Ethics) |x Social aspects |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Social values |z United States |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a National characteristics, American |x History. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x History. | |
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