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02453aam a2200457 i 4500 001 DC2EB678EE0211ECABFB385646ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220617010046 008 200616t20212021nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020027292 020 $a 1501754688 020 $a 9781501754685 035 $a (OCoLC)1159646093 040 $a NIC/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d YDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d UKMGB $d CLE $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HN90.S65 $b T37 2021 082 00 $a 306.0973 $2 23 100 1 $a Taussig, Doron, $e author. 245 10 $a What we mean by the American dream : $b stories we tell about meritocracy / $c Doron Taussig. 264 1 $a Ithaca, New York : $b ILR press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, $c 2021. 300 $a 186 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a American Idols -- Head Starts and Handicaps -- Me, Myself, and I -- Merit without the -ocracy -- What's Deserve Got to Do with It? 520 $a "Do we live in a meritocracy? Many believe we do and that it is an essential element of the American Dream. Others would say we do not. In this book, Doron Taussig examines how people think about the relationship between merit and achievement. The surprise is that our understanding of how life works and what it means to deserve something is more flexible and fluid than our mythology" $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Social mobility $z United States $x Psychological aspects. 650 0 $a American Dream. 650 0 $a Success $z United States $x Psychological aspects. 651 0 $a United States $x Economic conditions $y 21st century. 651 0 $a United States $x Social conditions $y 21st century. 650 7 $a American Dream. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01738531 650 7 $a Economic history. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00901974 650 7 $a Social conditions. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919811 650 7 $a Social mobility $x Psychological aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01122652 650 7 $a Success $x Psychological aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01137050 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 2000-2099 $2 fast 776 08 $i Online version: $a Taussig, Doron. $t What we mean by the American dream. $d Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021 $z 9781501754708 $w (DLC) 2020027293 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117014337.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DC2EB678EE0211ECABFB385646ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search