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Privilege Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology Paul J. DiMaggio, Michèle Lamont, Robert J. Wuthnow, Viviana A. Zelizer, series editors a list of titles in this series appears at the back of the book Privilege the making of an adolescent elite at st. paul’s school Shamus Rahman Khan Princeton University Press Princeton & Oxford Copyright © 2011 by Shamus Rahman Khan Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to Permissions, Princeton University Press Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, 6 Oxford Street, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1TW press.princeton.edu All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Khan, Shamus Rahman. Privilege : the making of an adolescent elite at St. Paul’s School / Shamus Rahman Khan. p. cm. — (Princeton studies in cultural sociology) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-691-14528-0 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. St. Paul’s School (Concord, N.H.)—History. 2. Boarding schools— New Hampshire—Concord—History. 3. Boarding schools—Social aspects—New Hampshire—Concord. I. Title. LD7501.C822K53 2011 373.742´72—dc22 2010021520 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available This book has been composed in Adobe Garamond Printed on acid-free paper. ∞ Printed in the United States of America 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 For my parents, whose enduring love and support I have had the privilege of enjoying all of my life The barrier has changed shape rather than place —Alexis de Tocqueville Contents Introduction: Democratic Inequality 1 1. The New Elite 18 2. Finding One’s Place 41 3. The Ease of Privilege 77 4. Gender and the Performance of Privilege 114 5. Learning Beowulf and Jaws 151 Conclusion 193 Methodological and Theoretical Reflections 201 Acknowledgments 207 Notes 211 Works Cited 223 Index 229 This page intentionally left blank Privilege
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