Growing Up British in British Columbia

Boys in Private School

By Jean Barman
Categories: History, Canadian History, World History, Regional & Cultural Studies, Canadian Studies
Publisher: UBC Press
Ebook (EPUB) : 9780774845021, 268 pages, November 2011
Ebook (PDF) : 9780774857581, 268 pages, October 2007

Table of contents

List of Illustrations

Introduction

1. A tradition emerges

2. The creation of institutions

3. The first generation

4. The transfer of an ideal

5. Realizing the ideal

6. An evolving clientele

7. End of an era

8. Life as an old boy Reflections

Appendix A: Tables

Appendix B: Schools, 1860-1984

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Description

During the first half of this century, about fifty non-Canadian private
boys' schools existed in British Columbia, virtually all of them
founded on the principles of private education in Britain and intended
to serve the offspring of British settlers. In this book Jean Barman
explains the appeal of the British model of education, re-creates the
ethos of private school life, and analyzes the effect of these schools
on the social fabric of the province.