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Preparing for Power: America's Elite Boarding Schools
By Peter W. Cookson, Caroline Hodges Persell
272 pages
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- Basic Books
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- New York
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- 1985
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Synopsis
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.Related books and articles at Questia
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Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Prologue: Seeking The Prep School Perspective 3
- Part - I The World Of Boarding Schools 11
- 1 - Privilege and the Importance of Elite Education 13
- 2 - Rousseau's Children: Total Educational Environments 31
- 3 - The Chosen Ones 49
- Part - II The Prep Rite of Passage 71
- 4 - Cultural Capital: Curricula and Teachers 73
- 5 - Academic Climates, Teaching Styles, And Student Stress 94
- 6 - The Iron Hand in the Velvet Glove: Trustees, Heads, and Charisma 108
- 7 - The Prep Crucible 124
- 8 - The Student Underlife and the Loss of Innocence 146
- Part - III The World Beyond 165
- 9 - The Vital Link: Prep Schools and Higher Education 167
- Title Page iii
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Prologue: Seeking The Prep School Perspective 3
- Part - I The World Of Boarding Schools 11
- 1 - Privilege and the Importance of Elite Education 13
- 2 - Rousseau's Children: Total Educational Environments 31
- 3 - The Chosen Ones 49
- Part - II The Prep Rite of Passage 71
- 4 - Cultural Capital: Curricula and Teachers 73
- 5 - Academic Climates, Teaching Styles, And Student Stress 94
- 6 - The Iron Hand in the Velvet Glove: Trustees, Heads, and Charisma 108
- 7 - The Prep Crucible 124
- 8 - The Student Underlife and the Loss of Innocence 146
- Part - III The World Beyond 165
- 9 - The Vital Link: Prep Schools and Higher Education 167
- 10 - Preps at Play and in the Power Structure 190
- Appendix 209
- References 240
- School Bulletins Cited 250
- Index 251