Joseph Kett

Merit

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Joseph F. Kett is James Madison Professor of History at the University of Virginia. He is the author of books including The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: From Self-Improvement to Adult Education in America, 1750¿1990 and coauthor of The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• 3rd edition
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 164mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 640g
• ISBN-13: 9780801451225
• ISBN-10: 0801451221
• Artikelnr.: 36340514

Autorenporträt

Joseph F. Kett is James Madison Professor of History at the University of Virginia. He is the author of books including The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: From Self-Improvement to Adult Education in America, 1750-1990 and coauthor of The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Faces of Merit1. Republic of Merit2. Merit and the
Culture of Public Life3. Small Worlds: Competition in the Colleges4. Making
the Grade: Managed Competition and Schooling5. The Scientific Measurement
of Merit6. The "Presumption of Merit": Institutionalizing Merit7. Squeeze
Play: Merit in Government8. Merit in CrisisEpilogue: Merit, Equality,
ConsentNotes
Index