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Schooling in capitalist America : educational reform and the contradictions of economic life / Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bowles, Samuel.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education--Economic aspects--United States.
- Education.
- Education--Economic aspects.
- United States.
- Educational change--United States.
- Educational change.
- Education and state--United States.
- Education and state.
- Capitalism--United States.
- Capitalism.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 340 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Ill. : Haymarket Books, 2011.
- Summary:
- ""This seminal work . . . establishes a persuasive new paradigm. Contemporary Sociology. No book since Schooling in Capitalist America has taken on the systemic forces hard at work undermining our education system. This classic reprint is an invaluable resource for radical educators. Samuel Bowles is research professor and director of the behavioral sciences program at the Santa Fe Institute, and professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts. Herbert Gintis is an external professor at the Santa Fe Institute and emeritus professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts"-- Provided by publisher.
- "No book since Schooling in Capitalist America has taken on the systemic forces hard at work undermining our education system. This classic reprint is an invaluable resource for radical educators"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part I The Contradictions of Liberal Education Reform
- 1 Beyond the Educational Frontier: The Great American Dream Freeze 3
- 2 Broken Promises: School Reform in Retrospect 18
- Part II Education and the Structure of Economic Life
- 3 At the Root of the Problem: The Capitalist Economy 53
- 4 Education, Inequality, and the Meritocracy 102
- 5 Education and Personal Development: The Long Shadow of Work 125
- Part III The Dynamics of Educational Change
- 6 The Origins of Mass Public Education 151
- 7 Corporate Capital and Progressive Education 180
- 8 The Transformation of Higher Education and the Emerging White-Collar Proletariat 201
- 9 Capital Accumulation, Class Conflict, and Educational Change 224
- Part IV Getting There 245
- 10 Educational Alternatives 264
- 11 Education, Socialism, and Revolution 289.
- Notes:
- Originally published: New York : Basic Books, 1976.
- "With new introduction by the authors"--Cover.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1608461319
- 9781608461318
- OCLC:
- 669754965
- Publisher Number:
- 99946499996
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