Born losers : a history of failure in America / Scott A. Sandage.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sandage, Scott A.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social values--United States--History--19th century.

Social values.

Losers--United States--History--19th century.

Losers.

Failure (Psychology)--United States--History--19th century.

Failure (Psychology).

Capitalism--Social aspects--United States--History--19th century.

Capitalism.

Identity (Psychology)--United States--History--19th century.

Identity (Psychology).

Stigma (Social psychology).

Social status--United States--History--19th century.

Social status.

History.

Capitalism--Social aspects.

United States.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

x, 362 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Other Title:

History of failure in America

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Prologue: Lives of quiet desperation

Going bust in the age of go-ahead

A reason in the man

We are all speculators

Central Intelligence Agency, since 1841

The big red book of third-rate men

Misinformation and its discontents

The war for ambition

Big business and little men

Epilogue: Attention must be paid.

Notes:

"Born losers began as as a 1995 doctoral dissertation at Rutgers University"--P. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-341) and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

067401510X

OCLC:

55962264