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

Best, Joel,i1946- [Verfasser]

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (ix, 199 pages) : Illustrations

"Simpson imprint in humanities

Includes bibliographical references and index

978-0-520-94848-8 ; 0-520-94848-3 ; 978-0-520-26716-9

 

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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.