2 options
Pedigree : how elite students get elite jobs / Lauren A. Rivera.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rivera, Lauren A., 1978-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- College graduates--Employment--United States.
- College graduates.
- College graduates--Employment.
- Employment (Economic theory).
- Social aspects.
- Upper class.
- United States.
- Upper class--Employment--United States.
- Employee selection--United States.
- Employee selection.
- Elite (Social sciences)--United States.
- Elite (Social sciences).
- Employment (Economic theory)--Social aspects.
- Economics--Sociological aspects.
- Economics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 375 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2015]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Entering the elite
- The playing field
- The pitch
- The paper
- Setting the stage for interviews
- Beginning the interview: finding a fit
- Continuing the interview: the candidate's story
- Concluding the interview: the final acts
- Talking it out: deliberating merit
- Social reconstruction
- Conclusion
- Appendix A. Who Is elite?
- Appendix B. Methodological details
- Appendix C. List of interviews.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781400880744
- 1400880742
- Publisher Number:
- 99981194007
- 40025023756
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.