Born losers : a history of failure in America - Sandage, Scott A. (Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005)
'Born losers began as as a 1995 doctoral dissertation at Rutgers University'--P
Includes bibliographical references and index
Keywords: 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