Producing Success The Culture of Personal Advancement in an American High School

Name: Producing Success The Culture of Personal Advancement in an American High School
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ISBN: 9780226142418

ISBN-10: 0226142418

ISBN-13: 9780226142418

Edition: 2009

Authors: Peter Demerath

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List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 12/15/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.90" long x 0.05" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Producing Success



Community, Home, and School Settings



The Wilton Way: Middle-Class Culture and Practice



Parental Support, Intervention, and Policy Manipulation



The Role of the School: Institutional Advantaging



Student Identity and Practice



Identities for Control and Success: The Acquisition of Psychological Capital



Teaching the "Point-Hungry" Student: Hypercredentialing in Practice



Costs of Personal Advancement



"Generation Stress" and School Success



Alienation, Marginalization, and Incivility



Conclusions


Appendix: WBHS 2002 Student Survey


Notes


References


Index