Flip side of the American dream: A scholar looks at losers
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Author Scott A. Sandage, in his book 'Born Losers: A History of Failure in America' highlights the voices and experiences of losers, uncovering how the concept of failure evolved over the 19th century. He was inspired to write this book when he saw that success was a topic often written about by scholars and researchers but failure was a topic left unexplored.
Publication Name: Prologue
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0033-1031
Year: 2005
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More than paper
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People think of records as written documents but many exciting things on display in Public Vaults reflect the other forms of records held by the National Archives. These records range from George Washington's hand written letters, photographs from the Civil War, film clips of Theodore Roosevelt and recording of Franklin Roosevelt's radio broadcasts.
Publication Name: Prologue
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0033-1031
Year: 2004
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Secrets of the cold war: author finds clues among archives records
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Professor Aldrich, the author of "The Hidden Hand: Britain, America and Cold War Secret Intelligence" describes how NARA made it so easy for writing this book and about the Anglo-American intelligence cooperation.
Publication Name: Prologue
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0033-1031
Year: 2003
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