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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN-101526601265

ISBN-139781526601261

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Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameEngines of Privilege : Britain's Private School Problem

Publication Year2019

SubjectOrganizations & Institutions

TypeTextbook

AuthorDavid Kynaston, Francis Green

Subject AreaEducation

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight21.2 Oz

Item Length7 in

Item Width9.4 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2018-493741

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"David Kynaston is one of the great chroniclers of our modern story ... Every paragraph contains some glittering nugget" -- Sunday Times "An exemplary narrative history, with the archives plundered judiciously and plenty of focus on people and their quirks ... Fascinating " -- The Times "This is the work of a scholar with a gift for illuminating every square inch of each enormous canvas he chooses to paint ... Kynaston brings characters large and small to life" -- Literary Review "A historian of peerless sensitivity and curiosity about the lives of individuals" -- Financial Times, "Their tone is calm and evidence-based, not agitprop ... They have made up my mind . I now feel clear not just that change is urgently needed, but that options for change are more varied, imaginative and realistic than I'd dared imagine " -- Tablet " Fascinating " -- Spectator " '[A] powerful attack on private schools as engines of privilege ... a forensic examination of what the authors call "Britain's private school problem" ... They start strong ... leaving you in no doubt about the path from private schooling to the elite ... This book does a fine job of explaining and damning Britain's private school problem " -- The Times " A passionate attack on private schools ... Kynaston's flair for anecdotes shines through ... Fascinating " -- Sunday Times " Timely " -- Guardian "The historical background to our arguments over state and private education today is the most intriguing part of Engines of Privilege ... imbued with Kynaston's fascination with the arguments and mores of post-war Britain " -- Evening Standard "Francis Green and David Kynaston say loud and clear that Britain's private schools are a social problem ... This book provides warnings and lessons of what doesn't work and ideas of what policies could work to dismantle these 'engines of privilege'" -- Socialist Worker "A fresh dissection of what [Kynaston and Green] deem "Britain's private school problem" ... We can expect the manifesto-writers at the next general election to pass magpie-like over these chapters" -- Financial Times "[A] f orensic and damning examination of ... "Britain's private school problem"" -- The Week "David Kynaston is one of the great chroniclers of our modern story ... Every paragraph contains some glittering nugget" -- Sunday Times "An exemplary narrative history, with the archives plundered judiciously and plenty of focus on people and their quirks ... Fascinating " -- The Times "This is the work of a scholar with a gift for illuminating every square inch of each enormous canvas he chooses to paint ... Kynaston brings characters large and small to life" -- Literary Review "A historian of peerless sensitivity and curiosity about the lives of individuals" -- Financial Times, The historical background to our arguments over state and private education today is the most intriguing part of Engines of Privilege ... imbued with Kynaston's fascination with the arguments and mores of post-war Britain, "Their tone is calm and evidence-based, not agitprop ... They have made up my mind . I now feel clear not just that change is urgently needed, but that options for change are more varied, imaginative and realistic than I'd dared imagine " -- Tablet " Fascinating " -- Spectator " '[A] powerful attack on private schools as engines of privilege ... a forensic examination of what the authors call "Britain's private school problem" ... They start strong ... leaving you in no doubt about the path from private schooling to the elite ... This book does a fine job of explaining and damning Britain's private school problem " -- The Times " A passionate attack on private schools ... Kynaston's flair for anecdotes shines through ... Fascinating " -- Sunday Times "The historical background to our arguments over state and private education today is the most intriguing part of Engines of Privilege ... imbued with Kynaston's fascination with the arguments and mores of post-war Britain " -- Evening Standard "Francis Green and David Kynaston say loud and clear that Britain's private schools are a social problem ... This book provides warnings and lessons of what doesn't work and ideas of what policies could work to dismantle these 'engines of privilege'" -- Socialist Worker "A fresh dissection of what [Kynaston and Green] deem "Britain's private school problem" ... We can expect the manifesto-writers at the next general election to pass magpie-like over these chapters" -- Financial Times "David Kynaston is one of the great chroniclers of our modern story ... Every paragraph contains some glittering nugget" -- Sunday Times "An exemplary narrative history, with the archives plundered judiciously and plenty of focus on people and their quirks ... Fascinating " -- The Times "This is the work of a scholar with a gift for illuminating every square inch of each enormous canvas he chooses to paint ... Kynaston brings characters large and small to life" -- Literary Review "A historian of peerless sensitivity and curiosity about the lives of individuals" -- Financial Times, " Thoroughly researched and written with such calm authority , yet makes you want to scream with righteous indignation" -- John O'Farrell "Their tone is calm and evidence-based, not agitprop ... They have made up my mind . I now feel clear not just that change is urgently needed, but that options for change are more varied, imaginative and realistic than I'd dared imagine " -- Maggie Fergusson, Tablet " Fascinating " -- Alex Renton, Spectator " '[A] powerful attack on private schools as engines of privilege ... a forensic examination of what the authors call "Britain's private school problem" ... They start strong ... leaving you in no doubt about the path from private schooling to the elite ... This book does a fine job of explaining and damning Britain's private school problem " -- Hugo Rifkind, The Times " A passionate attack on private schools ... Kynaston's flair for anecdotes shines through ... Fascinating " -- Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times "The historical background to our arguments over state and private education today is the most intriguing part of Engines of Privilege ... imbued with Kynaston's fascination with the arguments and mores of post-war Britain " -- Anne McElvoy, Evening Standard "Francis Green and David Kynaston say loud and clear that Britain's private schools are a social problem ... This book provides warnings and lessons of what doesn't work and ideas of what policies could work to dismantle these 'engines of privilege'" -- Socialist Worker "A fresh dissection of what [Kynaston and Green] deem "Britain's private school problem" ... We can expect the manifesto-writers at the next general election to pass magpie-like over these chapters" -- Financial Times "David Kynaston is one of the great chroniclers of our modern story ... Every paragraph contains some glittering nugget" -- Praise for David Kynaston's 'Modernity Britain', Sunday Times "An exemplary narrative history, with the archives plundered judiciously and plenty of focus on people and their quirks ... Fascinating " -- Praise for 'Till Time's Last Sand', The Times "This is the work of a scholar with a gift for illuminating every square inch of each enormous canvas he chooses to paint ... Kynaston brings characters large and small to life" -- Praise for 'Till Time's Last Sand', Literary Review "A historian of peerless sensitivity and curiosity about the lives of individuals" -- Praise for 'Modernity Britain', Financial Times, A passionate attack on private schools ... Kynaston's flair for anecdotes shines through ... Fascinating, Francis Green and David Kynaston say loud and clear that Britain's private schools are a social problem ... This book provides warnings and lessons of what doesn't work and ideas of what policies could work to dismantle these 'engines of privilege', '[A] powerful attack on private schools as engines of privilege ... a forensic examination of what the authors call "Britain's private school problem" ... They start strong ... leaving you in no doubt about the path from private schooling to the elite ... This book does a fine job of explaining and damning Britain's private school problem, A fresh dissection of what [Kynaston and Green] deem "Britain's private school problem" ... We can expect the manifesto-writers at the next general election to pass magpie-like over these chapters, "David Kynaston is one of the great chroniclers of our modern story ... Every paragraph contains some glittering nugget" -- Praise for David Kynaston's 'Modernity Britain', Sunday Times "This is the work of a scholar with a gift for illuminating every square inch of each enormous canvas he chooses to paint ... Kynaston brings characters large and small to life" -- Praise for 'Till Time's Last Sand', Literary Review "An exemplary narrative history, with the archives plundered judiciously and plenty of focus on people and their quirks ... Fascinating " -- Praise for 'Till Time's Last Sand', The Times "A historian of peerless sensitivity and curiosity about the lives of individuals" -- Praise for 'Modernity Britain', Financial Times, "David Kynaston is one of the great chroniclers of our modern story ... Every paragraph contains some glittering nugget" -- Sunday Times "This is the work of a scholar with a gift for illuminating every square inch of each enormous canvas he chooses to paint ... Kynaston brings characters large and small to life" -- Literary Review "An exemplary narrative history, with the archives plundered judiciously and plenty of focus on people and their quirks ... Fascinating " -- The Times "A historian of peerless sensitivity and curiosity about the lives of individuals" -- Financial Times, David Kynaston is one of the great chroniclers of our modern story ... Every paragraph contains some glittering nugget, "Their tone is calm and evidence-based, not agitprop ... They have made up my mind . I now feel clear not just that change is urgently needed, but that options for change are more varied, imaginative and realistic than I'd dared imagine " -- Tablet " Fascinating " -- Spectator " '[A] powerful attack on private schools as engines of privilege ... a forensic examination of what the authors call "Britain's private school problem" ... They start strong ... leaving you in no doubt about the path from private schooling to the elite ... This book does a fine job of explaining and damning Britain's private school problem " -- The Times " A passionate attack on private schools ... Kynaston's flair for anecdotes shines through ... Fascinating " -- Sunday Times "The historical background to our arguments over state and private education today is the most intriguing part of Engines of Privilege ... imbued with Kynaston's fascination with the arguments and mores of post-war Britain " -- Evening Standard "Francis Green and David Kynaston say loud and clear that Britain's private schools are a social problem ... This book provides warnings and lessons of what doesn't work and ideas of what policies could work to dismantle these 'engines of privilege'" -- Socialist Worker "David Kynaston is one of the great chroniclers of our modern story ... Every paragraph contains some glittering nugget" -- Sunday Times "An exemplary narrative history, with the archives plundered judiciously and plenty of focus on people and their quirks ... Fascinating " -- The Times "This is the work of a scholar with a gift for illuminating every square inch of each enormous canvas he chooses to paint ... Kynaston brings characters large and small to life" -- Literary Review "A historian of peerless sensitivity and curiosity about the lives of individuals" -- Financial Times, " Thoroughly researched and written with such calm authority , yet makes you want to scream with righteous indignation" -- John O'Farrell "Their tone is calm and evidence-based, not agitprop ... They have made up my mind . I now feel clear not just that change is urgently needed, but that options for change are more varied, imaginative and realistic than I'd dared imagine " -- Maggie Fergusson, Tablet " Fascinating " -- Alex Renton, Spectator " '[A] powerful attack on private schools as engines of privilege ... a forensic examination of what the authors call "Britain's private school problem" ... They start strong ... leaving you in no doubt about the path from private schooling to the elite ... This book does a fine job of explaining and damning Britain's private school problem " -- Hugo Rifkind, The Times " A passionate attack on private schools ... Kynaston's flair for anecdotes shines through ... Fascinating " -- Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times " Timely " -- Guardian "The historical background to our arguments over state and private education today is the most intriguing part of Engines of Privilege ... imbued with Kynaston's fascination with the arguments and mores of post-war Britain " -- Anne McElvoy, Evening Standard "Francis Green and David Kynaston say loud and clear that Britain's private schools are a social problem ... This book provides warnings and lessons of what doesn't work and ideas of what policies could work to dismantle these 'engines of privilege'" -- Socialist Worker "A fresh dissection of what [Kynaston and Green] deem "Britain's private school problem" ... We can expect the manifesto-writers at the next general election to pass magpie-like over these chapters" -- Financial Times "[A] f orensic and damning examination of ... "Britain's private school problem"" -- The Week "David Kynaston is one of the great chroniclers of our modern story ... Every paragraph contains some glittering nugget" -- Praise for David Kynaston's 'Modernity Britain', Sunday Times "An exemplary narrative history, with the archives plundered judiciously and plenty of focus on people and their quirks ... Fascinating " -- Praise for 'Till Time's Last Sand', The Times "This is the work of a scholar with a gift for illuminating every square inch of each enormous canvas he chooses to paint ... Kynaston brings characters large and small to life" -- Praise for 'Till Time's Last Sand', Literary Review "A historian of peerless sensitivity and curiosity about the lives of individuals" -- Praise for 'Modernity Britain', Financial Times, " Thoroughly researched and written with such calm authority , yet makes you want to scream with righteous indignation" -- John O'Farrell "Their tone is calm and evidence-based, not agitprop ... They have made up my mind . I now feel clear not just that change is urgently needed, but that options for change are more varied, imaginative and realistic than I'd dared imagine " -- Maggie Fergusson, Tablet " Fascinating " -- Alex Renton, Spectator " '[A] powerful attack on private schools as engines of privilege ... a forensic examination of what the authors call "Britain's private school problem" ... They start strong ... leaving you in no doubt about the path from private schooling to the elite ... This book does a fine job of explaining and damning Britain's private school problem " -- Hugo Rifkind, The Times " A passionate attack on private schools ... Kynaston's flair for anecdotes shines through ... Fascinating " -- Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times "The historical background to our arguments over state and private education today is the most intriguing part of Engines of Privilege ... imbued with Kynaston's fascination with the arguments and mores of post-war Britain " -- Anne McElvoy, Evening Standard "Francis Green and David Kynaston say loud and clear that Britain's private schools are a social problem ... This book provides warnings and lessons of what doesn't work and ideas of what policies could work to dismantle these 'engines of privilege'" -- Socialist Worker "David Kynaston is one of the great chroniclers of our modern story ... Every paragraph contains some glittering nugget" -- Praise for David Kynaston's 'Modernity Britain', Sunday Times "An exemplary narrative history, with the archives plundered judiciously and plenty of focus on people and their quirks ... Fascinating " -- Praise for 'Till Time's Last Sand', The Times "This is the work of a scholar with a gift for illuminating every square inch of each enormous canvas he chooses to paint ... Kynaston brings characters large and small to life" -- Praise for 'Till Time's Last Sand', Literary Review "A historian of peerless sensitivity and curiosity about the lives of individuals" -- Praise for 'Modernity Britain', Financial Times, Their tone is calm and evidence-based, not agitprop ... They have made up my mind . I now feel clear not just that change is urgently needed, but that options for change are more varied, imaginative and realistic than I'd dared imagine, Thoroughly researched and written with such calm authority , yet makes you want to scream with righteous indignation, Thoroughly researched and written with such calm authority, yet makes you want to scream with righteous indignation

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal371.020941

Edition DescriptionDigital original

SynopsisBritain's private, fee-paying schools are institutions where children from affluent families have their privileges further entrenched through a high-quality, richly resourced education. There is an irrefutable link between private schools and life's gilded path: private school to top university to top career. Engines of Privilege contends that, in a society that mouths the virtues of equality of opportunity, of fairness and of social cohesion, the educational apartheid separating private schools from our state schools deploys our national educational resources unfairly and inefficiently; blocks social mobility; reproduces privilege down the generations; and underpins a damaging democratic deficit in our society. Intrinsic to any vision of the future of Britain has to be the nature of our educational system. Yet the quality of conversation on the issue of private education remains surprisingly sterile, patchy and highly subjective. Francis Green and David Kynaston carefully examine options for change, while drawing on the valuable lessons of history. Accessible, evidence-based and inclusive, Engines of Privilege aims to kick-start a long overdue national debate. Clear, vigorous prose is combined with forensic analysis to powerful effect, illuminating the painful contrast between the importance of private schools in British society and the near-absence of serious, policy-shaping debate., A rigorous, compelling and balanced examination of the British private school system and the lifetime inequalities it entrenches, 'The reform of private schools will not alone be sufficient to achieve a good education system for all, let alone the good society; but it surely is a necessary condition. At this particular moment in our island story, the future seems peculiarly a blank sheet. Everything is potentially on the table. And, for once, that has to include the engines of privilege. It is time to learn from past failures: the patchy dialogue; the lack of consensus-building; the loss of nerve; the reluctance to see the big picture. It is time, in short, to get it right. For if not now, when?' Book jacket.

LC Classification NumberLC53.G7