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100 1 $aCookson, Peter W.
245 10 $aPreparing for power :$bAmerica's elite boarding schools /$cPeter W. Cookson, Jr., Caroline Hodges Persell.
260 $aNew York :$bBasic Books,$c℗♭1985.
300 $ax, 260 pages ;$c24 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 240-249) and index.
505 0 $aPrivilege 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.
520 0 $aWhy 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. -- Publisher's description.
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