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02037aam a2200373 a 4500 001 B40098D6033A11E8972C924897128E48 003 SILO 005 20180127021036 008 090210t20092009mdu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2009005673 020 $a 0742599779 020 $a 9780742599772 020 $a 0742561682 020 $a 9780742561687 020 $a 0742561674 020 $a 9780742561670 035 $a (OCoLC)304387150 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d CDX $d BWX $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/n-us 050 00 $a HN90.S65 $b M35 2009 100 1 $a McNamee, Stephen J., $d 1950- $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97101676 245 14 $a The meritocracy myth / $c Stephen J. McNamee and Robert K. Miller, Jr. 250 $a Second edition. 264 1 $a Lanham, Md. : $b Rowman & Littlefield, $c [2009] 300 $a ix, 285 pages ; $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 and sexism -- Discrimination by any other name : other isms -- Growing inequality in the twenty-first century. 650 0 $a Social mobility $z United States. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111812 650 0 $a Equality $z United States. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102832 650 0 $a Social capital (Sociology) $z United States. 700 1 $a Miller, Robert K., $d 1948- $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97101673 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180127063509.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B40098D6033A11E8972C924897128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search