Born losers : a history of failure in America

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

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...

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Main Author: Sandage, Scott A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2006.
Edition:1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.
Subjects:
1800-1899
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.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Capitalism > Social aspects
Failure (Psychology)
Identity (Psychology)
Losers
Social status
Social values
United States
History
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