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The playing fields of Eton : equality and excellence in modern meritocracy / Mika LaVaque-Manty.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- LaVaque-Manty, Mika.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Equality.
- Merit (Ethics)--Social aspects.
- Merit (Ethics).
- Elite (Social sciences).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (245 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Can equality and excellence coexist in a democratic society?.
- Contents:
- Kids and Korperkultur : on the difficulties of fostering civic independence
- Dueling for equality : the master's tools will take down the master's house
- Mens sana, the playing fields of Eton, and other cliches
- Physical culture for the masses
- Being a woman and other disabilities
- The political theory of doping.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-225) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-42252-9
- 9786612422522
- 0-472-02207-5
- OCLC:
- 646824787
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