01935cam a2200409 i 4500 17674978 OSt 20260408093856.0 130327s2014 mdua b 001 0 eng 2013011708 9781442219816 cloth : alk. paper 9781442219823 pbk. : alk. paper 9781442219830 (electronic) 17674978 DLC eng DLC rda pcc n-us--- HN90.S65 M35 2014 305.5/13 23 McNamee, Stephen J., 1950- The meritocracy myth / Stephen J. McNamee and Robert K. Miller Jr. Third Edition. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2014. vii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Acknowledgments -- The american dream : origins and prospects -- On being made of the right stuff : the case for merit -- The silver spoon : inheritance and the staggered start -- It's not what you know but-- : social and cultural capital -- Making the grade : education and mobility -- Being in the right place at the right time : the luck factor -- I did it my way : the decline of self-employment and the ascent of corporations -- An unlevel playing field : racism, sexism, and other isms -- Growing inequality in the twenty-first century -- Index -- About the authors. Social mobility United States. Equality United States. Social capital (Sociology) United States. Miller, Robert K., 1948- 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 266126 266125 0 0 lcc 0 0 NFIC 40404 40404 GEN 2026-04-08 Books for Africa, Donation 0 HN90.S65 M35 2014 20261604 2026-04-08 2026-04-08 BK