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Book SynopsisThis revised work adds 15 years to the life stories of the African Americans whose opportunities were dramatically changed by a nationally prominent educational opportunity programme that provided scholarships for disadvantaged people of colour to attend the same boarding schools as wealthy whites.
Trade ReviewOffers an engaging portrait both of how prep schools engage in socialization to power and of just how persuasively race channels and constrains the lives of even those Blacks admitted to such places as Andover, Choate, Exeter, Groton, and Middlesex. -- Lawrence Bobo * Contemporary Sociology *
Zweigenhaft and Domhoff have done a great service to any interested scholar, policy analyst, or teacher who seeks to understand the intricate weaving of race and class in America. A fascinating look at the lives of people who have gone through rather extraordinary cultural change. -- James M. Jones * Contemporary Psychology *
This stimulating and exemplary work shows what education can accomplish as a vehicle of social change, and is well worth reading. Highly recommended. * CHOICE *
Sensitive and engrossing. * The Black Scholar *
A page-turner. In this updated study we have here a gripping account of strivings similar to those recounted by W.E.B. DuBois in his 1903 classic The Souls of Black Folk. It can be easily adapted for use in the classroom. -- Earl Smith, PhD, Professor of Sociology and Women and Gender Studies, George Mason University, author of Policing Black Bodies: How Black Lives Are Surveilled and How to Work for Change.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Chapter One: From the Ghetto to the Elite Chapter 3 Chapter Two: The Summer Program: "This Is Your Spring Training, and That's Where Pennants and World Championships are Won" Chapter 4 Chapter Three: The Prep School Years Chapter 5 Chapter Four: ABC Students in College Chapter 6 Chapter Five: Relationships: Friendships, Dating and Marriage Chapter 7 Chapter Six: Careers Chapter 8 Chapter Seven: Blacks in the Corporate Elite Chapter 9 Chapter Eight: The Children of ABC Graduates Chapter 10 Chapter Nine: Mobility, Social Class, and Racial Identity Chapter 11 Appendix One: The Sample and Our Methods Chapter 12 Appendix Two: The Creation, Funding, and Evolution of a Better Chance
