Privilege : the making of an adolescent elite at St. Paul's School

Privilege : the making of an adolescent elite at St. Paul's School /

"As one of the most prestigious high schools in the nation, St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, has long been the exclusive domain of America's wealthiest sons. But times have changed. Today, a new elite of boys and girls is being molded at St. Paul's, one that reflects...

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Main Author: Khan, Shamus, 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2021.
Edition:New paperback edition.
Series:Princeton studies in cultural sociology.
Subjects:
St. Paul's School (Concord, N.H.) > History.
St. Paul's School (Concord, N.H.)
Boarding schools > New Hampshire > Concord > History.
Boarding schools > Social aspects > New Hampshire > Concord.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes
Boarding schools.
New Hampshire > Concord.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : democratic inequality
  • The new elite
  • Finding one's place
  • The ease of privilege
  • Gender and the performance of privilege
  • Learning Beowulf and Jaws
  • Conclusion
  • Methodological and theoretical reflections.

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