Middle-Class Boys' Schools in England and Japan

Drawing on the author's own experience as a student and a teacher in England and Japan, this book is a comparative study of boys' secondary schools in these two countries.

Robert W. Aspinall is a professor at the Center for Global Education and Japanese Studies at Doshisha University, Japan.

1. Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Social Class and Education 2. The History of Boys' Schools and Secondary Education for the Middle Classes in England and Japan 3. The Three Schools that are the Focus of this Study 4. Comparing the Three Schools with a Focus on Cultural Capital, Social Capital and Class Reproduction 5. The Three Schools, Masculinity and the Education of Boys 6. Language, Class and Education 7. The Impact of Education Reform and Social Change on Boys' Schools and the Middle Classes