Schooling in Capitalist America Educational Reform and the Contradictions of Economic Life

Name: Schooling in Capitalist America Educational Reform and the Contradictions of Economic Life
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ISBN: 9781608461318

ISBN-10: 1608461319

ISBN-13: 9781608461318

Edition: N/A

Authors: Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis

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Book details

List price: $33.50
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Publication date: 10/28/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 380
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.24" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English



Preface to the 2011 Edition: Schooling in Capitalist America Revisited


Preface



The Contradictions of Liberal Education Reform



Beyond the Educational Frontier: The Great American Dream Freeze



Broken Promises: School Reform in Retrospect



Education and the Structure of Economic Life



At the Root of the Problem: The Capitalist Economy



Education, Inequality, and the Meritocracy



Education and Personal Development: The Long Shadow of Work



The Dynamics of Educational Change



The Origins of Mass Public Education



Corporate Capital and Progressive Education



The Transformation of Higher Education and the Emerging White-Collar Proletariat



Capital Accumulation, Class Conflict, and Educational Change



Getting There



Educational Alternatives



Education, Socialism, and Revolution


Appendices


Notes


Index