Preparing for Power America's Elite Boarding Schools

Name: Preparing for Power America's Elite Boarding Schools
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ISBN: 9780465062690

ISBN-10: 0465062695

ISBN-13: 9780465062690

Edition: N/A

Authors: Peter W. Cookson, Caroline Hodges Persell

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Why do private boarding schools produce such a disproportionate number of leaders in business, government, and the arts? In the most comprehensive study of its kind to date, two sociologists describe the complex ways in which elite schools prepare students for success and power, and they also provide a lively behind-the-scenes look at prep school life and underlife. Book jacket.

Book details

List price: $24.99
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 9/30/1987
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Prologue: Seeking the Prep School Perspective



The World of Boarding Schools



Privilege and the Importance of Elite Education



Rousseau's Children: Total Educational Environments



The Chosen Ones



The Prep Rite of Passage



Cultural Capital: Curricula and Teachers



Academic Climates, Teaching Styles, and Student Stress



The Iron Hand in the Velvet Glove: Trustees, Heads, and Charisma



The Prep Crucible



The Student Underlife and the Loss of Innocence



The World Beyond



The Vital Link: Prep Schools and Higher Education



Preps at Play and in the Power Structure


Appendix


References


School Bulletins Cited


Index