Growing Up British in British Columbia: Boys in Private School

By Jean A. Barman

During the first half of this century, about fifty non-Canadian privateboys' schools existed in British Columbia, virtually all of themfounded on the principles of private education in Britain and intendedto serve the offspring of British settlers. In this book Jean Barmanexplains the appeal of the British model of education, re-creates theethos of private school life, and analyzes the effect of these schoolson the social fabric of the province.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774802022
• ISBN13: 9780774802024
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher