Born losers [electronic resource] : a history of failure in America / Scott A. Sandage.
Publication details: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2005.Description: x, 362 p. : illISBN:- 9780674021075
- 067401510X (alk. paper)
- History of failure in America
- 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
- HN90.M6 S25 2005eb
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"Born losers began as as a 1995 doctoral dissertation at Rutgers University".
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-341) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.