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Merit : the history of a founding ideal from the American Revolution to the twenty-first century
- Title
- Merit : the history of a founding ideal from the American Revolution to the twenty-first century / Joseph F. Kett.
- Author
- Kett, Joseph F.
- Publication
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, c2013.
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Details
- Description
- ix, 332 p.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-322) and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 13-3487
- ISBN
- 9780801451225 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0801451221 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2012027111
- OCLC
- 799025032
- Author
- Kett, Joseph F.
- Title
- Merit : the history of a founding ideal from the American Revolution to the twenty-first century / Joseph F. Kett.
- Imprint
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, c2013.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-322) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 13-3487