LEADER 03510nam 2200805Ia 450 001 9910821026303321 005 20240416150546.0 010 $a0-674-26702-8 010 $a0-674-04305-7 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674043053 035 $a(CKB)1000000000786881 035 $a(OCoLC)646811701 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10314284 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000113985 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11139447 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113985 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10101820 035 $a(PQKB)10559331 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300274 035 $a(DE-B1597)457755 035 $a(OCoLC)1013946058 035 $a(OCoLC)1032692440 035 $a(OCoLC)1049691824 035 $a(OCoLC)1054866630 035 $a(OCoLC)979683504 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674043053 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300274 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10314284 035 $a(OCoLC)923110289 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000786881 100 $a20040707d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBorn losers $ea history of failure in America /$fScott A. Sandage 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (375 p.) 300 $a"Born losers began as as a 1995 doctoral dissertation at Rutgers University". 311 $a0-674-01510-X 311 $a0-674-02107-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 281-341) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tPrologue: Lives of Quiet Desperation -- $t1. Going Bust in the Age of Go-Ahead -- $t2. A Reason in the Man -- $t3. We Are All Speculators -- $t4. Central Intelligence Agency, since 1841 -- $t5. The Big Red Book of Third-Rate Men -- $t6. Misinformation and Its Discontents -- $t7. The War for Ambition -- $t8. Big Business and Little Men -- $tEpilogue: Attention Must Be Paid -- $tNotes Acknowledgments Index -- $tNotes -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIndex 330 $aThis is a pioneering work of American cultural history, which connects everyday attitudes and anxieties about failure to lofty ideals of individualism and salesmanship of self. Sandage's storytelling will resonate with all of us as it brings to life forgotten men and women who wrestled with The Loser--the label and the experience--in the days when American capitalism was building a nation of winners. 517 3 $aHistory of failure in America 606 $aSocial values$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aLosers$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aFailure (Psychology)$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aCapitalism$xSocial aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aIdentity (Psychology)$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aStigma (Social psychology) 606 $aSocial status$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aSocial values$xHistory 615 0$aLosers$xHistory 615 0$aFailure (Psychology)$xHistory 615 0$aCapitalism$xSocial aspects$xHistory 615 0$aIdentity (Psychology)$xHistory 615 0$aStigma (Social psychology) 615 0$aSocial status$xHistory 676 $a973 700 $aSandage$b Scott A$01677756 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821026303321 996 $aBorn losers$94044882 997 $aUNINA