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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 362 Seiten) , Illustrationen

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" -- , 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 ; Versager ; Sozialgeschichte 1800-1900 ; Electronic books ; Bibliografie

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Format: X, 362 S. : , Ill.

ISBN: 0-674-01510-X

Content: What makes somebody a Loser, a person doomed to unfulfilled dreams and humiliation? Nobody is born to lose, and yet failure embodies our worst fears. The Loser's history over the past two hundred years reveals the dark side of success, how economic striving reshaped the self and soul of America. From colonial days to the Columbine tragedy, cultural historian Sandage explores how failure evolved from a business loss into a personality deficit, from a career setback to a gauge of our self-worth. From private diaries, family letters, business records, and even early credit reports, Sandage reconstructs the dramas of real-life Willy Lomans. He unearths their confessions and denials, foolish hopes and lost faith, sticking places and changing times. Dreamers, suckers, and nobodies come to life, showing how the national quest for success remade the individual ordeal of failure.--From publisher description.

Note: "Born losers began as as a 1995 doctoral dissertation at Rutgers University"--P. .. - Includes bibliographical references and index

Language: English

Subjects: History , English Studies

Keywords: Kapitalismus ; Verlierer ; Soziale Situation ; Spekulation

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Format: 1 online resource (375 p.)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 0-674-26702-8 , 0-674-04305-7

Content: 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 Loser--the label and the experience--in the days when American capitalism was building a nation of winners.

Note: "Born losers began as as a 1995 doctoral dissertation at Rutgers University". , Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , 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 -- , Notes -- , Acknowledgments -- , Index , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-674-01510-X

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-674-02107-X

Language: English

DOI: 10.4159/9780674043053