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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810634103321

Autore

Barman Jean <1939->

Titolo

Growing up British in British Columbia : boys in private school / / Jean Barman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver : , : University of British Columbia Press, , 1984

ISBN

1-283-22654-5

9786613226549

0-7748-5758-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits

Disciplina

371/.02/09711

Soggetti

Private schools - British Columbia - History

Education - British Columbia - British influences

Boys - Education - British Columbia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography (p. 223) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- A tradition emerges -- The creation of institutions -- The first generation -- The transfer of an ideal -- Realizing the ideal -- An evolving clientele -- End of an era -- Life as an old boy -- Reflections -- Statistical Tables -- British Columbia Non-Catholic Private Schools Admitting Boys, 1860-1984 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

During the first half of this century, about fifty non-Canadian private boys' schools existed in British Columbia, virtually all of them founded on the principles of private education in Britain and intended to serve the offspring of British settlers. In this book, Jean Barman explains the appeal of the British model of education, re-creates the ethos of private school life, and analyzes the effect of these schools on the social fabric of the province.