Title: Preparing for power
First published: 1985
Description: Why do private boarding schools produce such a disproportionate number of leaders in business, government, and the arts? In the most comprehensive study of its kind to date, two sociologists describe the complex ways in which elite schools prepare students for success and power, and they also provide a lively behind-the-scenes look at prep-school life and underlife. -- Publisher's description.
Subjects: Education (Secondary), Preparatory schools, Upper class, Upper classes, Secondary Education
Places: United States
LC classification: LC58.4 .C66 1985