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Winning : Reflections on an American Obsession /

Most of us are taught from a young age to be winners and avoid being losers. But what does it mean to win or lose? And why do we care so much? Does winning make us happy? Winning undertakes an unprecedented investigation of winning and losing in American society, what we are really after as we strug...

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Autor principal: Duina, Francesco (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2010]
Edición:Course Book
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t Contents --   |t Acknowledgments --   |t PART 1. Introduction --   |t Chapter One. THE PROBLEM --   |t PART 2. The Pursuit --   |t Chapter Two. DIFFERENTIATION --   |t Chapter Three. I WIN, THEREFORE I AM RIGHT --   |t Chapter Four. THE QUEST FOR SPACE --   |t Chapter Five. POWERS AND LIMITATIONS --   |t PART 3. Our Beliefs --   |t Chapter Six. TYPES OF WINNERS AND LOSERS --   |t Chapter Seven. PROCESS VERSUS OUTCOMES --   |t Chapter Eight. INJECTING VALUE --   |t Chapter Nine. AWARENESS AND COMPETITION --   |t Chapter Ten. OUR RESTLESSNESS --   |t Notes --   |t References --   |t Index 
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