Bowles, Samuel.

Schooling in capitalist America : educational reform and the contradictions of economic life / Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis. - Chicago, Ill. : Haymarket Books, 2011. - p. cm.

Originally published: New York : Basic Books, 1976.

""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. "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"-- Provided by publisher.

9781608461318 (pbk.)

2011033486


Education--Economic aspects--United States.
Educational change--United States.
Education and state--United States.
Capitalism--United States.
EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General
EDUCATION / Philosophy & Social Aspects
EDUCATION / History
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Economic Conditions

LC66 / .B68 2011

338.4/337