Privilege - The Making of an Adolescent Elite At St. Paul''s School

"Privilege is superb. Khan skillfully narrates from the perspective of both teacher and researcher, and the personal portraits are very well-rounded. This important book is a masterly look at a disturbing current in the formation of elite American society."--Richard Sennett, author of The Corrosion of Character
"This is a terrific book. Khan's strong authorial voice and wonderful personality shine through and it is a pleasure to follow his life and travails at St. Paul's."--Michèle Lamont, Harvard University

About the author

Shamus Khan
With a new preface by the author

Summary

As one of the most prestigious high schools in the nation, St Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, has long been the exclusive domain of America's wealthiest sons. This title provides an inside look at an institution that has been the private realm of the elite.

Additional text

"Returning to his alma mater as faculty member and ethnographer, Khan offers an incisive study of the formation of a new, meritocratic elite. . . . Of utility and wide appeal to a range of academics, Khan's study is consistently engaging and of potentially enduring value."

Product details

• Authors: Shamus Rahman Khan, Khan Shamus Rahman
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9780691229201
• ISBN: 978-0-691-22920-1
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology; The William G. Bowen Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; New Hampshire, Independent schools, private education, EDUCATION / Schools / Types / Private