Producing success : the culture of personal advancement in an American high school /
The result of four years at Midwestern "Wilton High," this book seeks to understand the merciless, competitive culture of an upper-middle-class American high school, showing the various things parents, students and community members do to secure different kinds of advantages for themselves...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2009.
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| Summary: | The result of four years at Midwestern "Wilton High," this book seeks to understand the merciless, competitive culture of an upper-middle-class American high school, showing the various things parents, students and community members do to secure different kinds of advantages for themselves and their families. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 208 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226142395 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226142396 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226142418 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0226142418 (pbk. : alk. paper) |