000687400 000__ 01784cam\a2200373\a\4500 000687400 001__ 687400 000687400 005__ 20210515092458.0 000687400 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000687400 007__ cr\cn||||||||| 000687400 008__ 120703s2013\\\\nyu\\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000687400 010__ $$z 2012027111 000687400 020__ $$z9780801451225 (cloth : alk. paper) 000687400 020__ $$z9780801467677 $$qelectronic book 000687400 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10639741 000687400 035__ $$a(OCoLC)829387575 000687400 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000687400 043__ $$an-us--- 000687400 05014 $$aBJ1500.M47$$bK45 2013eb 000687400 08204 $$a179/.9$$223 000687400 1001_ $$aKett, Joseph F. 000687400 24510 $$aMerit$$h[electronic resource] :$$bthe history of a founding ideal from the American Revolution to the twenty-first century /$$cJoseph F. Kett. 000687400 260__ $$aIthaca :$$bCornell University Press,$$c2013. 000687400 300__ $$aix, 332 p. 000687400 440_0 $$aAmerican institutions and society 000687400 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000687400 5050_ $$aIntroduction : the faces of merit -- Republic of merit -- Merit and the culture of public life -- Small worlds : competition in the colleges -- Making the grade : managed competition and schooling -- The scientific measurement of merit -- The "presumption of merit" : institutionalizing merit -- Squeeze play : merit in government -- Merit in crisis -- Epilogue : merit, equality, consent. 000687400 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000687400 650_0 $$aMerit (Ethics)$$xSocial aspects$$zUnited States. 000687400 650_0 $$aSocial values$$zUnited States$$xHistory. 000687400 650_0 $$aNational characteristics, American$$xHistory. 000687400 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xHistory. 000687400 852__ $$bebk 000687400 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/usiricelib/Doc?id=10639741$$zOnline Access 000687400 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:687400$$pGLOBAL_SET 000687400 980__ $$aEBOOK 000687400 980__ $$aBIB 000687400 982__ $$aEbook 000687400 983__ $$aOnline