Happiness in America A Cultural History By: Lawrence R. Samuel Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Print ISBN: 9781538115794, 1538115794 eText ISBN: 9781538115770, 1538115778 Format: PDF Available from $ 18.00 USD SKU 9781538115770R120 Much interest currently revolves around happiness in America, so much so that one could reasonably argue that there is a “happiness movement” afoot. The wide range of arenas in which happiness intersects reflects the subject’s centrality in everyday life in America these past one hundred years. Happiness in America charts the course of happiness within American culture over the past century, and concludes that most Americans have not had success becoming appreciably happier people despite considerable efforts to do so. Rather than follow a linear path, happiness has bobbed and weaved over the decades, its arc or trajectory a twisting and unpredictable one. Happiness has Download ebook: https://ouo.io/R0QfUj
