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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Kett, Joseph F. [verfasserIn]

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E-Book

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press ; 2012

©2013

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Schlagwörter:

National characteristics, American, History

Social values, History, United States

Merit (Ethics), Social aspects, United States

Merit (Ethics).

National characteristics, American.

Social values.

HISTORY / United States / General

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1 online resource

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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

Reihe:

American Institutions and Society

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ISBN:

978-0-8014-6767-7

DOI / URN:

10.7591/9780801467677

Katalog-ID:

882891138

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