The High-Status track : studies of elite schools and stratification / / Paul William Kingston, Lionel S. Lewis, editors
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| Titolo: |
The High-Status track : studies of elite schools and stratification / / Paul William Kingston, Lionel S. Lewis, editors
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| Pubblicazione: | Albany, NY, : State University of New York Press, c1990 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xxxiv, 261 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 371.96/2/0973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Upper class - Education - United States |
| Social status - United States | |
| Power (Social sciences) | |
| Altri autori: |
KingstonPaul W. <1951->
LewisLionel S (Lionel Stanley)
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| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""CONTENTS""; ""TABLES AND FIGURES""; ""INTRODUCTION: STUDYING ELITE SCHOOLS IN AMERICA by Paul William Kingston and Lionel S. Lewis""; ""PART I: PREPARATORY SCHOOLS""; ""1. On the Making of Good Men: Character-Building in the New England Boarding Schools by Christopher F. Armstrong""; ""2. Chartering and Bartering: Elite Education and Social Reproduction and Caroline Hodges Persell and Peter W. Cookson, Jr.""; ""PART II: ELITE UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS""; ""3. Patterns of Upper-Class Education in Four American Cities: 1875�1975 by Richard Farnum"" |
| ""4. Prestige in the Ivy League: Democratization and Discrimination at Penn and Columbia, 1890-1970 by Richard Farnum"" ""5. Undergraduates at Elite Institutions: The Best, the Brightest, and the Richest by Paul William Kingston and Lionel S. Lewis""; ""6. Pathways to Attendance at the Elite Colleges by James C. Heard""; ""7. The Economic Pay-Off of Prestigious Colleges by Paul William Kingston and John C. Smart""; ""8. Pathways to Top Corporate Management Michael Useem by Jerome Karabel""; ""PART III: PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS"" | |
| ""9. The Inside Tracks: Status Distinctions in Allocations to Elite Law Schools by Charles L. Cappell and Ronald M. Pipkin"" ""10. Getting on the Fast Track: Recruitment at an Elite Business School by Paul William Kingston and James G. Clawson""; ""INDEX OF AUTHORS""; ""SUBJECT INDEX"" | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The High-Status track |
| ISBN: | 1-4384-0912-5 |
| 0-585-05499-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910821982803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
SUNY series, frontiers in education.