The best of the best
Subtitle: becoming elite at an American boarding school
By: Ruben A. Gaztambide-Fernandez.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9780674035683
Subjects: Boarding schools -- United States -- Case studies; Elite (Social sciences) -- Education -- United States -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Totally elite; title: Getting in; title: Being smart, working hard; title: Reserved seating; title: Bonding rituals; title: Unequal distinctions; title: Envisioning an elite future; title: Appendix: researching identification at an elite boarding school.