Lost in the meritocracy : the undereducation of an overachiever / Walter Kirn.
TITLE:
Lost in the meritocracy : the undereducation of an overachiever / Walter Kirn.
Publication Date:
2009
Publication Information:
New York : Doubleday,
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
211 p.
Summary:
One of the nation's best observers and interpreters of American life chronicles his own long, strange trip through American education. This is a remarkable book that suggests the first step toward intellectual fulfillment is getting off the treadmill that is the American meritocracy.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780385521284
