The Best of the Best : Becoming Elite at an American Boarding School.
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- 9780674053878
- 373.2/220973
- LC4941
Intro -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- 1 Totally Elite -- 2 Getting In -- 3 Being Smart, Working Hard -- 4 Reserved Seating -- 5 Bonding Rituals -- 6 Unequal Distinctions -- 7 Envisioning an Elite Future -- Appendix: Researching Identification at an Elite Boarding School -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
For two years, the author shared the life of the "Weston School," an elite New England boarding school. Vividly describing the pastoral landscape and graceful buildings, the variety of classes and activities, and the official and unofficial rules that define the school, this book reveals a small world of ambitious, intensely pressured students.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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