Schooling in Capitalist America: Educational Reform and the Contradictions of Economic Life"This seminal work . . . establishes a persuasive new paradigm." Contemporary Sociology No book since Schooling in Capitalist America has taken on the systemic forces hard at work undermining our education system. This classic reprint is an invaluable resource for radical educators. Samuel Bowles is research professor and director of the behavioral sciences program at the Santa Fe Institute, and professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts. Herbert Gintis is an external professor at the Santa Fe Institute and emeritus professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts. |
Contents
School Reform in Retrospect | 18 |
part ii | 34 |
EDUCATION AND THE STRUCTURE OF ECONOMIC LIFE | 51 |
Education Inequality and the Meritocracy | 102 |
The Long Shadow of Work | 125 |
The Origins of Mass Public Education | 151 |
Corporate Capital and Progressive Education | 180 |
The Transformation of Higher Education | 201 |
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