Schooling in capitalist America : educational reform and the contradictions of economic life

Author(s)

• Bowles, Samuel
• Gintis, Herbert

Bibliographic Information

Schooling in capitalist America : educational reform and the contradictions of economic life

Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis

Haymarket Books, 2011, c1976

• : pbk

Note

Originally published: New York : Basic Books, 1976

"With a new introduction by the authors"--Cover

Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index

Details

• NCID: BB07925679
• ISBN:
  • 9781608461318
• LCCN: 2011033486
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Chicago, Ill.
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 340 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : LC66
  • NDC8 : 372.53
  • DC23 : 338.4/337
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Education -- Economic aspects -- United States
  • LCSH : Educational change -- United States
  • LCSH : Education and state -- United States
  • LCSH : Capitalism -- United States