Merit the history of a founding ideal from the American Revolution to the twenty-first century /
Kett, Joseph F.
Merit the history of a founding ideal from the American Revolution to the twenty-first century / Joseph F. Kett. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm.)
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
9780801467677
Merit (Ethics)--Social aspects--United States.
Social values--History.--United States
National characteristics, American--History.
Electronic Books.
BJ1500 / .M475 2013
Merit the history of a founding ideal from the American Revolution to the twenty-first century / Joseph F. Kett. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm.)
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
9780801467677
Merit (Ethics)--Social aspects--United States.
Social values--History.--United States
National characteristics, American--History.
Electronic Books.
BJ1500 / .M475 2013