Preparing For Power

America's Elite Boarding Schools

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching
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Author: Peter W. Cookson Jr, Caroline Hodges Persell ISBN: 9780786724161
Publisher: Basic Books Publication: August 4, 2008
Imprint: Basic Books Language: English
Author: Peter W. Cookson Jr, Caroline Hodges Persell
ISBN: 9780786724161
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication: August 4, 2008
Imprint: Basic Books
Language: English

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.

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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.

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