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

Author: Sandage, Scott A.

Imprint:Cambridge, Ma : Harvard University Press, c2005.

Descriptionx, 362 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Note:"Born losers began as as a 1995 doctoral dissertation at Rutgers University"--P. .

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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