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Born losers [[electronic resource] ] : a history of failure in America / / Scott A. Sandage



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Autore: Sandage Scott A Visualizza persona
Titolo: Born losers [[electronic resource] ] : a history of failure in America / / Scott A. Sandage Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2005
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (375 p.)
Disciplina: 973
Soggetto topico: Social values - United States - History - 19th century
Losers - United States - History - 19th century
Failure (Psychology) - United States - History - 19th century
Capitalism - Social aspects - United States - History - 19th century
Identity (Psychology) - United States - History - 19th century
Stigma (Social psychology)
Social status - United States - History - 19th century
Note generali: "Born losers began as as a 1995 doctoral dissertation at Rutgers University".
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-341) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Prologue: Lives of Quiet Desperation -- 1. Going Bust in the Age of Go-Ahead -- 2. A Reason in the Man -- 3. We Are All Speculators -- 4. Central Intelligence Agency, since 1841 -- 5. The Big Red Book of Third-Rate Men -- 6. Misinformation and Its Discontents -- 7. The War for Ambition -- 8. Big Business and Little Men -- Epilogue: Attention Must Be Paid -- Notes Acknowledgments Index -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: This 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.
Altri titoli varianti: History of failure in America
Titolo autorizzato: Born losers  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-674-26702-8
0-674-04305-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910778184503321
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