Kett, Joseph F.
Merit the history of a founding ideal from the American Revolution to the twenty-first century / [electronic resource] : Joseph F. Kett. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013. - ix, 332 p. - American institutions and society .
Includes bibliographical references 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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Merit (Ethics)--Social aspects--United States.
Social values--History.--United States
National characteristics, American--History.
United States--History.
Electronic books.
BJ1500.M47 / K45 2013eb
179/.9
Merit the history of a founding ideal from the American Revolution to the twenty-first century / [electronic resource] : Joseph F. Kett. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013. - ix, 332 p. - American institutions and society .
Includes bibliographical references 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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Merit (Ethics)--Social aspects--United States.
Social values--History.--United States
National characteristics, American--History.
United States--History.
Electronic books.
BJ1500.M47 / K45 2013eb
179/.9