TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kett,Joseph F.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Merit: the history of a founding ideal from the American Revolution to the twenty-first century 
AV  - BJ1500.M47 K45 2013eb
U1  - 179/.9 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Ithaca
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Merit (Ethics)
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - Social values
KW  - History
KW  - National characteristics, American
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/zegu/Doc?id=10639741
ER  -