| Description |
x, 260 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 240-249. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Privilege and the importance of elite education -- Rousseau's children: total educational environments -- Chosen ones -- Cultural capital: curricula and teachers -- Academic climates, teaching styles, and student stress -- The iron hand in the velvet glove: trustees, heads, and charisma -- Prep crucible -- Student underlife and the loss of innocence -- Vital link: prep schools and higher education -- Preps at play and in the power structure. |
| Subject |
Preparatory schools -- United States.
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Upper class -- Education (Secondary) -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Persell, Caroline Hodges.
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| ISBN |
0465062687: $19.95 |
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