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Everyone's a winner : life in our congratulatory culture / Joel Best.
LIBRA HN90.S6 B47 2011
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Van Pelt Library HN90.S6 B47 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Best, Joel.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social status--United States.
- Social status.
- Equality--United States.
- Equality.
- Motivation (Psychology).
- United States.
- Motivation (Psychology)--United States.
- United States--Social life and customs.
- Manners and customs.
- United States--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 199 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2011]
- Contents:
- Life in an era of status abundance
- Prize proliferation
- Honoring students
- Everyday heroes
- Ranking and rating
- The significance of congratulatory culture.
- Notes:
- "Simpson imprint in humanities".
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780520267169
- 0520267168
- OCLC:
- 658117374
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