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Imagine a world where leaders are able to pass power directly to their children. These children are plucked from their nurseries and sent to beautiful compounds far away from all the other children. They are provided with all the teachers they need, the best facilities, doctors and food. Every day they are told this is because they are the brightest and most important children in the world. Years later they are presented with the best jobs, the grandest houses and most of the money. Through their networks of friends and family they control the government, the army, the police and the country's finances. They claim everyone is equal, that each person has a chance to become a leader. But this isn't true. If such a world existed today wouldn't we say it was unfair, even corrupt? With Posh Boys Robert Verkaik issues a searing indictment of the public school system and outlines how, through meaningful reform, we can make society fairer for all.

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Publisher
Oneworld Publications
ISBN-10
1786073838
ISBN-13
9781786073839
eBay Product ID (ePID)
242664402

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Book Title
Posh Boys : How English Public Schools Ruin Britain
Author
Robert Verkaik
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Sociology / General, Social History, General, Europe / Great Britain / General
Publication Year
2018
Genre
History, Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
400 Pages

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8.8in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
5.8in
Item Weight
21.2 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
La635
Grade from
Ninth Grade
Grade to
College Graduate Student
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'An illuminating and hugely enjoyable read, packed full of eye-opening facts... At a time when the gap between rich and poor is widening, we need to talk seriously about the role of public schools in our society. Posh Boys is a welcome catalyst for that debate.', 'You cannot understand Britain without understanding this - the story of how we became a nation obsessed with elite education that continues to stack the odds against fairness and progress, and the cultural forces it has unleashed upon us all. Robert Verkaik tells it with clarity, and makes a powerful call for change.', 'The latest in the series of powerful books on the divisions in modern Britain, and will take its place on many bookshelves beside Reni Eddo-Lodge's Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race and Owen Jones's Chavs.', 'In his fascinating, enraging polemic, Verkaik touches on one of the strangest aspects of the elite schools and their product's domination of public life for two and a half centuries: the acquiescence of everyone else.', 'The latest in the series of powerful books on the divisions in modern Britain, and will take its place on many bookshelves beside Reni Eddo-Lodge's Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race and Owen Jones's Chavs .', 'A trenchant j'accuse against the old-boy chumocracy... Posh Boys is, for a book about public schools, decidedly comprehensive.'
Copyright Date
2018
Lccn
2018-438216
Dewey Decimal
373.2220942
Intended Audience
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