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Author Best, Joel.

Title Everyone's a Winner : Life in Our Congratulatory Culture / Joel Best.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2011]
©2011
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Description 1 online resource (ix, 199 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note "Simpson imprint in humanities."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Life in an era of status abundance -- Prize proliferation -- Honoring students -- Everyday heroes -- Ranking and rating -- The significance of congratulatory culture.
Summary Every kindergarten soccer player gets a trophy. Many high schools name dozens of seniors as valedictorians--of the same class. Cars sport bumper stickers that read "USA--Number 1." Prizes proliferate in every corner of American society, and excellence is trumpeted with ratings that range from "Academy Award winner!" to "Best Neighborhood Pizza!" In Everyone's a Winner, Joel Best-- acclaimed author of Damned Lies and Statistics and many other books--shines a bright light on the increasing abundance of status in our society and considers what it all means. With humor and insight, Best argues that st.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Social status -- United States.
Social status.
United States.
Equality -- United States.
Equality.
Motivation (Psychology) -- United States.
Motivation (Psychology)
United States -- Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
United States -- Social conditions.
Social conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Best, Joel. Everyone's a winner. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011 9780520267169 (DLC) 2010034646 (OCoLC)658117374
ISBN 9780520948488 (electronic book)
0520948483 (electronic book)
9780520267169
0520267168

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