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Schooling in capitalist America : educational reform and the contradictions of economic life / Samuel Bowles; Herbert Gintis

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: eng Publication details: Chicago, Ill. : Haymarket Books, 2011Description: 340 p.; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781608461318
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 370.973
LOC classification:
  • LC 66  B787s 2011
Contents:
Pt. I. The contradictions of liberal educational reform -- 1. Beyond the educational frontier : the great American dream freeze -- 2. Broken promises : school reform in retrospect -- pt. II. Education and the structure of economic life -- 3. At the root of the problem : the capitalist economy -- 4. Education, inequality, and the meritocracy -- 5. Education and personal development : the long shadow -- pt. III. The dynamics of educational change -- 6. The origins of mass public education -- 7. Corporate capital and progressive education -- 8. The transformation of higher education and the emerging white-collar proletariat -- 9. Capital accumulation, class conflict, and educational change -- pt. IV. Getting there -- 10. Educational alternatives -- 11. Education, socialism, and revolution.
Summary: A classic work of radical educational theory and a progressive economic vision of equity and equality in America's schools.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) LC 66 B787s 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000150000

Pt. I. The contradictions of liberal educational reform --
1. Beyond the educational frontier : the great American dream freeze --
2. Broken promises : school reform in retrospect --
pt. II. Education and the structure of economic life --
3. At the root of the problem : the capitalist economy --
4. Education, inequality, and the meritocracy --
5. Education and personal development : the long shadow --
pt. III. The dynamics of educational change --
6. The origins of mass public education --
7. Corporate capital and progressive education --
8. The transformation of higher education and the emerging white-collar proletariat --
9. Capital accumulation, class conflict, and educational change --
pt. IV. Getting there --
10. Educational alternatives --
11. Education, socialism, and revolution.

A classic work of radical educational theory and a progressive economic vision of equity and equality in America's schools.

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