Gaztambide-Fernandez, Rubén A.

The best of the best : becoming elite at an American boarding school / Rubén A. Gaztambide-Fernández. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009. - 297 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Totally elite -- Getting in -- Being smart, working hard -- Reserved seating -- Bonding rituals -- Unequal distinctions -- Envisioning an elite future -- Appendix: Researching identification at an elite boarding school.

9780674035683 (alk. paper) 0674035682 (alk. paper)

2009018307

GBA969177 bnb

015326481 Uk


Boarding schools--United States--Case studies.
Elite (Social sciences)--Education--United States--Case studies.
Internados--Estados unidos--Estudios de caso.
Ciencias Sociales--Educación--Estados unidos--Estudios de caso.

LC 4941 / G291b 2009

373.2/220973