Born losers [[electronic resource] ] : a history of failure in America / / Scott A. Sandage |
Autore | Sandage Scott A |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | 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 |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-674-04305-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Altri titoli varianti | History of failure in America |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454677603321 |
Sandage Scott A | ||
Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Born losers [[electronic resource] ] : a history of failure in America / / Scott A. Sandage |
Autore | Sandage Scott A |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | 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 |
ISBN |
0-674-26702-8
0-674-04305-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Altri titoli varianti | History of failure in America |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778184503321 |
Sandage Scott A | ||
Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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