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Producing success : the culture of personal advancement in an American high school / Peter Demerath.
De Gruyter University of Chicago Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Demerath, Peter.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Educational sociology--United States.
- Educational sociology.
- High schools--United States.
- High schools.
- Academic achievement--United States.
- Academic achievement.
- Students--United States--Social conditions.
- Students.
- Social stratification--United States.
- Social stratification.
- Middle class--United States.
- Middle class.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (222 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Middle- and upper-middle-class students continue to outpace those from less privileged backgrounds. Most attempts to redress this inequality focus on the issue of access to financial resources, but as Producing Success makes clear, the problem goes beyond mere economics. In this eye-opening study, Peter Demerath examines a typical suburban American high school to explain how some students get ahead. Demerath undertook four years of research at a Midwestern high school to examine the mercilessly competitive culture that drives students to advance. Producing
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction:Producing Success
- 1. The Wilton Way: Middle-Class Culture and Practice
- 2. Parental Support, Intervention, and Policy Manipulation
- 3. The Role of the School: Institutional Advantaging
- 4. Identities for Control and Success: The Acquisition of Psychological Capital
- 5. Teaching the "Point-Hungry" Student: Hypercredentialing in Practice
- 6. "Generation Stress" and School Success
- 7. Alienation, Marginalization, and Incivility
- 8. Conclusions
- Appendix: WBHS 2002 Student Survey
- Notes
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9786612445552
- 9781282445550
- 1282445553
- 9780226142425
- 0226142426
- OCLC:
- 592756271
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