Preparing for Power

America's Elite Boarding Schools

By: Peter W. Cookson, Caroline Hodges Persell

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Paperback | 30 September 1987 | Edition Number 1

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A lively behind-the-scenes look at prep school life and underlife.. 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 prepschool life and underlife.

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Acknowledgments	p. ix
Prologue: Seeking the Prep School Perspective	p. 3
The World of Boarding Schools
Privilege and the Importance of Elite Education	p. 13
Rousseau's Children: Total Educational Environments	p. 31
The Chosen Ones	p. 49
The Prep Rite of Passage
Cultural Capital: Curricula and Teachers	p. 73
Academic Climates, Teaching Styles, and Student Stress	p. 94
The Iron Hand in the Velvet Glove: Trustees, Heads, and Charisma	p. 108
The Prep Crucible	p. 124
The Student Underlife and the Loss of Innocence	p. 146
The World Beyond
The Vital Link: Prep Schools and Higher Education	p. 167
Preps at Play and in the Power Structure	p. 190
Appendix	p. 209
References	p. 240
School Bulletins Cited	p. 250
Index	p. 251
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