Genre: | History |
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Language : | English |
Paperback | |
ISBN13: | 9780141990378 |
ISBN10: | 0141990376 |
Pages: | 496 |
Weight: | 360 g |
This unique and fascinating history explains why the blame now being piled upon meritocracy for many social ills is misplaced-and that assigning responsibilities to the people best able to discharge them really is better than the time-honoured customs of corruption, patronage, nepotism, and hereditary castes'
Steven Pinker