Publicado por Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999
ISBN 10: 0374299846 ISBN 13: 9780374299842
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Publicado por Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999
ISBN 10: 0374299846 ISBN 13: 9780374299842
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Publicado por Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999
ISBN 10: 0374299846 ISBN 13: 9780374299842
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Publicado por Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999
ISBN 10: 0374299846 ISBN 13: 9780374299842
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Publicado por Farrar Straus Giroux, 1999
ISBN 10: 0374299846 ISBN 13: 9780374299842
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Publicado por Farrar Straus Giroux, 1999
ISBN 10: 0374299846 ISBN 13: 9780374299842
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Publicado por Farrar Straus Giroux, 1999
ISBN 10: 0374299846 ISBN 13: 9780374299842
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Publicado por Farrar Straus Giroux, 1999
ISBN 10: 0374299846 ISBN 13: 9780374299842
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Publicado por Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999
ISBN 10: 0374299846 ISBN 13: 9780374299842
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Publicado por Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999
ISBN 10: 0374299846 ISBN 13: 9780374299842
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Publicado por Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1999
ISBN 10: 0374299846 ISBN 13: 9780374299842
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Publicado por Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1999
ISBN 10: 0374299846 ISBN 13: 9780374299842
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Publicado por Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999
ISBN 10: 0374299846 ISBN 13: 9780374299842
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Publicado por Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999
ISBN 10: 0374299846 ISBN 13: 9780374299842
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Publicado por Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999
ISBN 10: 0374299846 ISBN 13: 9780374299842
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Publicado por Farrar, Straus and Giroux (edition First Edition), 1999
ISBN 10: 0374299846 ISBN 13: 9780374299842
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Publicado por Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999
ISBN 10: 0374299846 ISBN 13: 9780374299842
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Publicado por Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999
ISBN 10: 0374299846 ISBN 13: 9780374299842
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Publicado por Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999
ISBN 10: 0374299846 ISBN 13: 9780374299842
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Publicado por Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999
ISBN 10: 0374299846 ISBN 13: 9780374299842
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Publicado por Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999
ISBN 10: 0374299846 ISBN 13: 9780374299842
Librería: 369 Bookstore _[~ 369 Pyramid Inc ~]_, Dover, DE, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. A major work of social history that asks profound moral and political questions about what is right for American society.This brilliant book shows us for the first time the ideas, the people, and the politics behind a fifty-year-old utopian social experiment that changed modern America.The experiment-launched by James Bryant Conant, president of Harvard University, and Henry Chauncey, head of the brand-new Educational Testing Service (ETS)-was to use the then-young science of intelligence testing to assess and sort American students in order to create a new democratic elite that would lead postwar America to progress, strength, and prosperity. No writer before Nicholas Lemann has gained access to the archives of the all-powerful ETS, and none has understood the significance of this extraordinary drama. But now, in a remarkable synthesis of vibrant storytelling, vivid portraiture, and thematic analysis, he reveals this secret history.Predictably, the utopian experiment did not turn out as planned. It created a new elite, but it generated conflict and tension, and American society\'s best-educated, most privileged people are now leaders with no followers.Lemann shows that this American meritocracy is neither natural nor inevitable, and it does not apportion opportunity equally or fairly. He concludes with his own keen assessment of what the future may hold.
Publicado por Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999
ISBN 10: 0374299846 ISBN 13: 9780374299842
Librería: Cameron Park Books, Raleigh, NC, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very good. First Edition. First edition. Very good hardcover with very good dust jacket. Unmarked, bright and clean with square and tight binding. Enjoy reading with a real book in your hands. Shipping from North Carolina. Dedicated to delighting our customers. Delivery confirmation provided on all domestic orders. Happy to ship to international locations. Consider expedited shipping - just a little more moves your purchase a lot faster. Digital photos available on request for any book.
Publicado por Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999
ISBN 10: 0374299846 ISBN 13: 9780374299842
Librería: Book Alley, Pasadena, CA, Estados Unidos de America
hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Slight creasing to edges of dust jacket. Gently used with NO markings in text; binding is tight. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.
Publicado por Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999
ISBN 10: 0374299846 ISBN 13: 9780374299842
Librería: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, Estados Unidos de America
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Publicado por Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999
ISBN 10: 0374299846 ISBN 13: 9780374299842
Librería: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, Estados Unidos de America
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Publicado por Farrar, Straus and Giroux October 1999, 1999
ISBN 10: 0374299846 ISBN 13: 9780374299842
Librería: Kona Bay Books, Kailua-Kona, HI, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Used - VeryGood.
Publicado por Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York, 1999
ISBN 10: 0374299846 ISBN 13: 9780374299842
Librería: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, Estados Unidos de America
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hardcover. Condición: very good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: very good. First. 406pp. 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1999). Very good History of educational testing in American schools.
Publicado por Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 1999
ISBN 10: 0374299846 ISBN 13: 9780374299842
Librería: MostlySignedBooks, San Francisco, CA, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. SIGNED by aut !st printing)hor on half-title page (signature only). Stated 1st edition, no numberline. Very slight edgewear to dust jacket and barely perceptible sunning to spine. Slight shelfwear to boards. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 406 p. Audience: General/trade. By the author of 'The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America' and 'Redemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War'. Signed copies are rare. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box. Signed by Author(s).
Publicado por Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1999
ISBN 10: 0374299846 ISBN 13: 9780374299842
Librería: Murphy-Brookfield Books, Iowa City SE, IA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardback. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. clean, unmarked copy.
Publicado por Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1999
ISBN 10: 0374299846 ISBN 13: 9780374299842
Librería: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st. viii, 406 pages; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "A major work of social history that asks profound moral and political questions about what is right for American society. This brilliant book shows us for the first time the ideas, the people, and the politics behind a fifty-year-old utopian social experiment that changed modern America. The experiment--launched by James Bryant Conant, president of Harvard University, and Henry Chauncey, head of the brand-new Educational Testing Service (ETS)--was to use the then-young science of intelligence testing to assess and sort American students in order to create a new democratic elite that would lead postwar America to progress, strength, and prosperity. No writer before Nicholas Lemann has gained access to the archives of the all-powerful ETS, and none has understood the significance of this extraordinary drama. But now, in a remarkable synthesis of vibrant storytelling, vivid portraiture, and thematic analysis, he reveals this secret history. Predictably, the utopian experiment did not turn out as planned. It created a new elite, but it generated conflict and tension, and American society's best-educated, most privileged people are now leaders with no followers. Lemann shows that this American meritocracy is neither natural nor inevitable, and it does not apportion opportunity equally or fairly. He concludes with his own keen assessment of what the future may hold. / Born in New Orleans in 1954, Nicholoas Lemann has been a journalist for more than twenty years. His last book was the prizewinning The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America. He lives in Pelham, New York." - Publisher. Size: 8vo. Collectible.