| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
International library of sociology ; 28 |
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International library of sociology ; 28
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| Contents |
Cover; Original Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Tables and Figures; What This Book is About; Acknowledgements; Chapter I. Learning for Living; A Middle-Glass Boy Learns to be an American; A Lower-class Boy Finds his Place; A Polish Boy Learns to be an American; A Negro Girl is Taught her Place; An Upper-class Boy Learns He is Different; Chapter II. American Status Systems; All Men are Born Equal, but-; Class in Yankee City, Deep South, and Midwest; Class in the Forty-eight States; Chapter III. Social Mobility-Going up and Coming Down; How to Make the Grade |
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Talent and Occupational MobilityMobility by Education; Sex and Beauty; The Social Rise of Flora Belle; Chapter IV. The School in the Status System; New Social Responsibilities of Education; The People Turn to Education; How the School Fits In; The Social Functions of the American Educational System; Chapter V. Curricula-Selective Pathways to Success; Class and Curricula; How the Students Make their Selection of Curricula; Who Prepares for College in Hometown; Some High Schools Provide a Single Programme for Youth of All Statuses; A Few High Schools Serve Youth of a Single Status |
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Colleges also Fit the Status SystemChapter VI. Status in the Classroom; Class and the Rating of a Child's Ability; How Children Teach Each Other Status Differences; Class and a Child's Reputation; Chapter VII. Social Mobility through Education; Martha from Boxtown; Martha Climbs out of Boxtown; Chapter VIII. Teachers in the Status System; The Social Participation of Teachers; Personality Differences among Teachers; The Social Rôle of the Teacher; Chapter IX. The Administrative Hierarchy; Superintendents and Principals; The School Board; Chapter X. The Negro in the American Caste System |
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The American Caste SystemThe Negro Class Order; Negro and White Attitudes to Negro Education; The Negroes get a High School; Class and the P.T.A.; The Negro's Right to Democratic Education; Chapter XI. Who Shall Be Educated?; Making Education Work for Democracy; The Hard Facts; Social Mobility and Social Solidarity; Proposed Educational Programme; Footnotes; Working Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company |
| Notes |
Originally published in 1959 by Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 10, 2014) |
| Subject |
Education -- United States.
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Social classes -- United States
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EDUCATION -- Essays.
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EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
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EDUCATION -- Reference.
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Education
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Social classes
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Havighurst, Robert J. (Robert James), 1900-1991, author.
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Loeb, Martin B., author
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| ISBN |
9781136274312 |
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1136274316 |
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9781315008134 |
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1315008130 |
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