Popular Press: New York Times Business Section | Sunday Review The Boston Globe Ideas Section| Book Review The Guardian The Concord Monitor The Chronicle of Higher Education The Buffalo News OrgTheory Bloomberg News Books and Ideas (La Vie des idees) History News Network Review in the St. Paul’s School Alumni Magazine by Nelson Aldrich ‘53: aldrich review.pdf Other Media: Interview on Public Radio Panel on Canadian Public Television Interview on Fox Business Network Video of Public Lecture at Hopewell Public Library Ss one of the most prestigious high schools in the nation, St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, has long been the exclusive domain of America's wealthiest sons. But times have changed. Today, a new elite of boys and girls is being molded at St. Paul's, one that reflects the hope of openness but also the persistence of inequality. In Privilege, I return to my alma mater to provide an inside look at an institution that has been the private realm of the elite for the past 150 years. I show that St. Paul's students continue to learn what they always have--how to embody privilege. Yet, while students once leveraged the trappings of upper-class entitlement, family connections, and high culture, current St. Paul's students learn to succeed in a more diverse environment. To be the future leaders of a democratic world, they must be at ease with everything from highbrow art to everyday life--from Beowulf to Jaws--and view hierarchies as ladders to scale. Through portrayals of the relationships among students, faculty, and staff, I show how members of the new elite face the opening of society while still preserving the advantages that allow them to rule.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/16/your-money/16wealth.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/opinion/sunday/social-inequality-and-the-new-elite.htmlhttp://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/brainiac/2011/02/the_new_elite_a.htmlhttp://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2011/02/13/short_takes_boston_globe/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/feb/01/posh-back-in-chargehttp://www.concordmonitor.com/article/241236/creating-new-elitehttp://chronicle.com/blogs/innovations/the-making-of-an-adolescent-elite/28540http://www.buffalonews.com/entertainment/books-poetry/book-reviews/article340501.ecehttp://orgtheory.wordpress.com/2011/01/26/book-spotlight-privilege-by-shamis-khan/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-24/elite-st-paul-s-students-read-beowulf-prep-for-ivies-books.htmlhttp://www.booksandideas.net/The-Making-of-an-American.html?lang=frhttp://hnn.us/node/141475Privilege_files/aldrich%20review-2.pdfhttp://www.nhpr.org/st-pauls-privilegehttp://www.tvo.org/TVO/WebObjects/TVO.woa?videoid?802137132001http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/4574639/battle-over-meritocracy-rages-on/?playlist_id=87185http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=symFERJZGx0shapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4shapeimage_2_link_5shapeimage_2_link_6shapeimage_2_link_7shapeimage_2_link_8shapeimage_2_link_9shapeimage_2_link_10shapeimage_2_link_11shapeimage_2_link_12shapeimage_2_link_13shapeimage_2_link_14shapeimage_2_link_15shapeimage_2_link_16
“Privilege is superb. Khan skillfully narrates from the perspective of both teacher and researcher, and the personal portraits are very well-rounded. This important book is a masterly look at a disturbing current in the formation of elite American society.”
--Richard Sennett “This is a terrific book. Khan's strong authorial voice and wonderful personality shine through and it is a pleasure to follow his life and travails at St. Paul's.”
--Michèle Lamont Buy it: Amazon.com Princeton University Press Read the first Chapter: Introduction http://www.amazon.com/Privilege-Adolescent-Princeton-Cultural-Sociology/dp/0691145288/http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9294.htmlhttp://press.princeton.edu/chapters/i9294.pdfshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1shapeimage_3_link_2