Format:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 362 Seiten)
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ISBN:
9780674043053
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- List of 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.
Note:
"Born losers began as a 1995 doctoral dissertation at Rutgers University" --
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-341) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780674015104
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780674021075
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Sandage, Scott A. Born losers Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] : Harvard University Press, 2005 ISBN 067401510X
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
USA
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Versager
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Sozialgeschichte 1800-1900
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Electronic books
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Bibliografie
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