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Military high schools in America /
The first ethnographic study of American military high schools, showing both their capacity to train young men and the difficulties in doing so.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Walnut Creek, Calif. :
Left Coast Press,
©2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I : The ethics of admission. The numbers game ; Families
- Part II : From boys to gentlemen. The man and his gentlemen ; New lives for old ; Onward and usually upward ; A sense of worth ; Old rusty nails and puppy dogs' tails ...
- Part III : Watchman, what of the night? Downward toward disaster ; Man to man ; Crooked timber ; Tradition into tragedy ; Broken windows
- Part IV : Monastery or magic kingdom. Traditional values vs. modern mayhem ; Survival of the military school ; Suicidal reinvention ; Cadet nomenclature ; The academic component ; The curriculum ; The military component ; The athletic component ; Sanctuary
- Part V : The change is forever. The change is forever.