{"product_id":"an-elite-education-emma-taylor-9780691264257","title":"An Elite Education: How Privilege Is Produced in a Private School","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn examination of the making of privilege at one of Britain's top boys' schools\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlumni of Britain's elite schools are consistently overrepresented in positions of power and influence. It is no surprise, then, that elite schools play a pivotal role in reproducing inequality. In \u003ci\u003eAn Elite Education\u003c\/i\u003e, Emma Taylor draws on years of immersive ethnographic research and teaching experience at one of Britain's leading private boys' schools to highlight how these institutions cultivate the dispositions that propel students into elite universities and professions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaylor finds that elite schools provide a forgiving, flexible and exclusive training ground, enabling students to push boundaries, bend rules and negotiate with those in authority. She argues that this ability to navigate elite spaces with confidence--which she conceptualises as \"audacity\"--is a carefully cultivated form of privilege that is frequently mistaken for merit. Behind the formal façade of architecture, traditions and rituals lies a messy web of everyday interactions through which students learn to assert themselves without fear of consequence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Elite Education\u003c\/i\u003e ultimately calls for a deeper interrogation of the taken-for-granted dispositions that continue to shape access to opportunity in Britain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emma Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691264252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691264257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Emma Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47761039687935,"sku":"9780691264257","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_47fd9625-b0ac-4c96-873e-890270b92181.jpg?v=1765514466","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-elite-education-emma-taylor-9780691264257","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}