5 records matched your query
01935aam a2200385 i 4500 001 FF6C044EFC2D11E3B1A8A8A4DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140625010018 008 130327s2014 mdua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2013011708 020 $a 1442219823 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 9781442219823 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 1442219815 (cloth : alk. paper) 020 $a 9781442219816 (cloth : alk. paper) 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d OCLCO $d UKMGB $d YDXCP $d CDX $d COO $d YUS $d PUL $d OCLCA $d OCLCF $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HN90.S65 $b M35 2014 100 1 $a McNamee, Stephen J., $d 1950- 245 14 $a The meritocracy myth / $c Stephen J. McNamee and Robert K. Miller Jr. 250 $a Third edition. 264 1 $a Lanham, Maryland : $b Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., $c c2014. 300 $a vii, 255 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a The American dream : origins and prospects -- On being made of the right stuff : the case for merit -- The silver spoon : inheritance and the staggered start -- It's not what you know but -- : social and cultural capital -- Making the grade : education and mobility -- Being in the right place at the right time : the luck factor -- I did it my way : the decline of self-employment and the ascent of corporations -- An unlevel playing field : racism, sexism, and other isms -- Growing inequality in the twenty-first century. 650 0 $a Social mobility $z United States. 650 0 $a Equality $z United States. 650 0 $a Social capital (Sociology) $z United States. 700 1 $a Miller, Robert K., $d 1948- 941 $a 3 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180403031711.0 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20150304010922.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20140625010339.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FF6C044EFC2D11E3B1A8A8A4DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search