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020			_a9781510768611
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100			_aWooldridge Adrian
245			_aThe Aristocracy of Talent: _b How Meritocracy Made the Modern World
260			_aLondon _bPenguin Random House _c2021
505			_aTable of Contents Introduction: A Revolutionary Idea 1; Part 1 Priority, Degree and Place; 1 Homo hierarchicus 25; 2 Family Power 35; 3 Nepotism, Patronage, Venality 47; Part 2 Meritocracy before Modernity; 4 Plato and the Philosopher Kings 59; 5 China and the Examination State 72; 6 The Chosen People 86; 7 The Golden Ladder 99; Part 3 The Rise of the Meritocracy; 8 Europe and the Career Open to Talent 117; 9 Britain and the Intellectual Aristocracy 144; 10 The United States and the Republic of Merit 175; Part 4 The March of the Meritocrats; 11 The Measurement of Merit 205; 12 The Meritocratic Revolution 234; 13 Girly Swots 256; Part 5 The Crisis of the Meritocracy; 14 Against Meritocracy: The Revolt on the Left 279; 15 The Corruption of the Meritocracy 306; 16 Against Meritocracy: The Revolt on the Right 329; 17 Asia Rediscovers Meritocracy 350; Conclusion: Renewing Meritocracy 367; Acknowledgements 399; Notes 401; Index 445
650			_aSocial Mobility - Ability _bMerit - Ethics
856			_uhttps://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Aristocracy_of_Talent/iPz6DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover
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