02613nam 2200577 a 450 991078502120332120230207213711.00-674-26374-X0-674-05387-710.4159/9780674053878(CKB)2670000000040421(SSID)ssj0000412704(PQKBManifestationID)12191626(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412704(PQKBWorkID)10370264(PQKB)11078853(MiAaPQ)EBC3300818(Au-PeEL)EBL3300818(CaPaEBR)ebr10402481(OCoLC)648759753(DE-B1597)585456(DE-B1597)9780674053878(OCoLC)1294425899(EXLCZ)99267000000004042120090501d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe best of the best[electronic resource] becoming elite at an American boarding school /Rubén A. Gaztambide-FernándezCambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press2009297 p. illBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-03568-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Totally elite -- Getting in -- Being smart, working hard -- Reserved seating -- Bonding rituals -- Unequal distinctions -- Envisioning an elite future -- Appendix: Researching identification at an elite boarding school.For two years, Rubén Gaztambide-Fernández shared the life of what he calls the "Weston School," an elite New England boarding school. Vividly describing the pastoral landscape and graceful buildings, the rich variety of classes and activities, and the official and unofficial rules that define the school, The Best of the Best reveals a small world of deeply ambitious, intensely pressured students. For Gaztambide-Fernández, Weston is daunting yet strikingly bucolic, inspiring but frustratingly incurious, and sometimes - especially for young women - a gilded cage for a gilded age.Boarding schoolsUnited StatesCase studiesElite (Social sciences)EducationUnited StatesCase studiesBoarding schoolsElite (Social sciences)Education373.2/220973Gaztambide-Fernandez Rubén A.1971-1580904MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785021203321The best of the best3862133UNINA