Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Bowles, Samuel, 1939-

Schooling in capitalist America : educational reform and the contradictions of economic life / Samuel Bowles; Herbert Gintis - Chicago, Ill. : Haymarket Books, 2011 - 340 p.; 24 cm

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.



ISBN: 9781608461318

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Educación --Aspectos económicos
Cambio educativo--Estados Unidos

LC Class. No.: LC 66 / B787s 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 370.973