Great Private School
Preparing For Power: America's Elite Boarding Schools
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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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  • Author Peter W. Cookson Jr, Caroline Hodges Persell
  • E A N List
  • I S B N 0465062695
  • Manufacturer Basic Books
  • Number Of Items 1
  • Number Of Pages 272
  • Publication Date 1987-09-30
  • S K U PRSS9780465062690
  • Studio Basic Books

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