Schooling in Capitalist America

by Bowles, Samuel; Gintis, Herbert

• ISBN13: 9781608461318
• ISBN10: 1608461319
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-10-18
• Publisher: Haymarket Books

Summary

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

Author Biography

Samuel Bowles is research professor and director of the behavioral sciences program at the Santa Fe Institute and emeritus professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts. Herbert Gintis is an external professor at Ihe Santa Fe institute and emeritus professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Preface to the 2011 Edition: Schooling in Capitalist America Revisited	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
The Contradictions of Liberal Education Reform
Beyond the Educational Frontier: The Great American Dream Freeze	p. 3
Broken Promises: School Reform in Retrospect	p. 18
Education and the Structure of Economic Life
At the Root of the Problem: The Capitalist Economy	p. 53
Education, Inequality, and the Meritocracy	p. 102
Education and Personal Development: The Long Shadow of Work	p. 125
The Dynamics of Educational Change
The Origins of Mass Public Education	p. 151
Corporate Capital and Progressive Education	p. 180
The Transformation of Higher Education and the Emerging White-Collar Proletariat	p. 201
Capital Accumulation, Class Conflict, and Educational Change	p. 224
Getting There	p. 245
Educational Alternatives	p. 264
Education, Socialism, and Revolution	p. 289
Appendices	p. 289
Notes	p. 304
Index	p. 333
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