Kett, Joseph F. <br/><br/>
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.) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801467677 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Merit (Ethics)--Social aspects--United States.<br/>Social values--History.--United States<br/>National characteristics, American--History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BJ1500  / .M475 2013