| Author/Contributor(s): | Kett, Joseph |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
| Date: | 01/15/2013 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Condition: | NEW |
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 book.