02084nam a22003257a 4500 BJBSDDR 20251107131541.0 ta 251027s2009 ilu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780226142418 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0226142418 (pbk. : alk. paper) eng DLC eng LC 205 D376p 2009 Demerath, Peter 45452 Producing success : the culture of personal advancement in an American high school / Peter Demerath Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2009 ix, 208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: Producing success -- Community, home, and school settings -- The Wilton way: middle-class culture and practice -- Parental support, interventions, and manipulations of policy -- The role of the school: institutional advantaging -- Student identity and practice -- Identities for control and success: the acquisition of psychological capital -- Teaching the "point-hungry" student: hypercredentialing in practice -- Costs of personal advancement -- "Generation stress" and school success -- Alienation, marginalization, and incivility -- Conclusions -- Appendix: WBHS 2002 student survey. The result of four years at Midwestern "Wilton High," this book seeks to understand the merciless, competitive culture of an upper-middle-class American high school, showing the various things parents, students and community members do to secure different kinds of advantages for themselves and their families. Sociología de la educación 1070 Estados Unidos Escuelas secundarias 13539 Estados Unidos Rendimiento académico 19367 Estados Unidos Estudiantes Condiciones sociales 45845 Estados Unidos Estratificación social 3367 Estados Unidos Clase media 1841 Estados Unidos lcc BK cmc 125597 125597 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2025-10-27 0 LC 205 D376p 2009 00000196742 2025-10-27 14:00:00 1 2025-10-27 BK