{"product_id":"producing-success-the-culture-of-personal-advancement-in-an-american-high-school-9780226142418","title":"Producing Success: The Culture of Personal Advancement in an American High School","description":"\u003cp\u003eMiddle- and upper-middle-class students continue to outpace those from less privileged backgrounds. Most attempts to redress this inequality focus on the issue of access to financial resources, but as \u003ci\u003eProducing Success\u003c\/i\u003e makes clear, the problem goes beyond mere economics. In this eye-opening study, Peter Demerath examines a typical suburban American high school to explain how some students get ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDemerath undertook four years of research at a Midwestern high school to examine the mercilessly competitive culture that drives students to advance. \u003ci\u003eProducing Success\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the many ways the community's ideology of achievement plays out: students hone their work ethics and employ various strategies to succeed, from negotiating with teachers to cheating; parents relentlessly push their children while manipulating school policies to help them get ahead; and administrators aid high performers in myriad ways, even naming over forty students \"valedictorians.\" Yet, as Demerath shows, this unswerving commitment to individual advancement takes its toll, leading to student stress and fatigue, incivility and vandalism, and the alienation of the less successful. Insightful and candid, \u003ci\u003eProducing Success\u003c\/i\u003e is an often troubling account of the educationally and morally questionable results of the American culture of success.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Demerath\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226142418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Demerath\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development at the University of Minnesota.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44812764446835,"sku":"9780226142418","price":59.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_49a7cd51-e409-4c0a-9c48-1eb8b0778043.jpg?v=1776777159","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/producing-success-the-culture-of-personal-advancement-in-an-american-high-school-9780226142418","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}