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Sandage, Scott A.

Born losers : a history of failure in America / History of failure in America Scott A. Sandage. - Cambridge, Ma : Harvard University Press, c2005. - x, 362 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN: 067401510X (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2004051134

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Social values--History--United States--19th century.
Losers--History--United States--19th century.
Failure (Psychology)--History--United States--19th century.
Capitalism--Social aspects--History--United States--19th century.
Identity (Psychology)--History--United States--19th century.
Stigma (Social psychology)
Social status--History--United States--19th century.

LC Class. No.: HN90.M6 / S25 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 303.3/72/097309034