Merit : the history of a founding ideal from the American Revolution to the twenty-first century /
The idea that citizens' advancement should depend exclusively on merit, on qualities that deserve reward rather than on bloodlines or wire-pulling, was among the Founding ideals of the American republic, Joseph F. Kett argues in this provocative and engaging book. Merit's history, he conte...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
2013.
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| Series: | American institutions and society.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
