Everyone's a Winner: Life in Our Congratulatory Culture

by Joel Best

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520267168
• ISBN13: 9780520267169
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.4"