TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gaztambide-Fernández,Rubén A.
AU  - Gaztambide-Fernández,Rubén A.
TI  - The Best of the Best: Becoming Elite at an American Boarding School
SN  - 9780674053878
AV  - LC4941 
U1  - 373.2/220973 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Boarding schools-United States-Case studies
KW  - Elite (Social sciences)-Education-United States-Case studies
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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