Posh boys : how the English public schools ruin Britain / Robert Verkaik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Verkaik, Robert, author.

Contributor:

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elite (Social sciences).

Great Britain--Social conditions.

Great Britain.

Social conditions.

Endowed public schools (Great Britain).

Elite (Social sciences)--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

viii, 392 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Oneworld, 2018.

Summary:

"Some people earn success. Others buy it. Imagine a world where leaders are able to pass power directly to their children. These children are plucked from their nurseries and sent to beautiful compounds far away from all the other children. They are given the best teachers, the best facilities, the best doctors and the best food. Each day the children are told that the reason they're here is because they are the brightest and most important children in the world. In the outside world they are presented with the best jobs, the grandest houses and most of the money. Through their networks of friends and family they control the government, the army, the police and the City. The leaders tell all their people that everyone is equal and that everyone has the chance of becoming a leader. But this isn't true. If such a world existed today how would we react? Wouldn't we say that this is unfair, this is corrupt? Wouldn't we demand a radical change before it is too late?"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Part 1 Selling Education by the Pound p. 9

1 Poor Schools p. 13

2 Nurseries of Aristocracy p. 25

3 Empire of the Sons p. 33

4 A Victorian Reckoning p. 46

5 Eton Rifles p. 52

6 Survival of the Fittest p. 65

7 Churchill, the Public School Reformer p. 72

8 Post-War Privilege p. 85

9 Education Education Education p. 103

Part 2 Bad Education p. 123

10 Did You Go to School? p. 127

11 Boys' Own Brexit p. 155

12 For the Few, Not the Many p. 171

13 The Class Ladder p. 187

14 Dormitories of Abuse p. 207

15 Bad Charity p. 221

16 All That Glitters p. 250

17 The Entitlement Complex p. 270

18 A Class Apart p. 286.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-381) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

1786073838

9781786073839

OCLC:

1020868245

Publisher Number:

99978317360