Born Losers A History of Failure in America

Name: Born Losers A History of Failure in America
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ISBN: 9780674021075

ISBN-10: 067402107X

ISBN-13: 9780674021075

Edition: 2005

Authors: Scott A. Sandage

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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 is our national bogeyman, and his 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, Scott 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 hundreds of private diaries, family letters, business records, and even early credit reports, Sandage reconstructs the dramas of real-life Willy Lomans. He unearths their…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 4/30/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Scott A. Sandage is Associate Professor of History at Carnegie Mellon University.



List of Illustrations


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


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index