From character to intellect: Changing conceptions of merit in the social sciences and humanities, 1951-1971

Poetics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-49

  Tsay, Angela ^a   Lamont, Michèle ^b   Abbott, Andrew ^a   Guetzkow, Joshua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0348163803     PISSN: 0304422X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-422X(03)00002-0     Document Type: Article

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