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082 0 0 _a92 KIR
100 1 _aKirn, Walter
_d, 1962-
245 1 0 _aLost in the meritocracy
_b: the undereducation of an overachiever
_c/ by Walter Kirn
250 _a1st ed
260 _aNew York
_b: Doubleday
_c, c2009.
300 _a211 p.
_c; 22 cm.
520 _aOne 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.
600 1 0 _aKirn, Walter
_d, 1962-
650 4 _aAuthors, American
_y-20th century
_v--Biography
650 0 _aAuthors, American
_y--21st century
_v--Biography
650 0 _aStudents
_z--United States
_v--Biography
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999 _c248708
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