In search of happiness : understanding an endangered state of mind
by
 
Schumaker, John F., 1949-

Title
: 
In search of happiness : understanding an endangered state of mind

Author
: 
Schumaker, John F., 1949-

ISBN
: 
9780275994563

Personal Author
: 
Schumaker, John F., 1949-

Edition
: 
English language ed.

Publication Information
: 
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, c2007.

Physical Description
: 
287 p. ; 20 cm.

General Note
: 
Originally published: New Zealand : Penguin Group (NZ), 2006.

Contents
: 
1. Dying to be happy -- 2. What is it? -- 3. Happiness by design -- 4. Prehistoric happiness -- 5. The fall -- 6. The golden cage -- 7. The new trinity -- 8. Happiness for dummies -- 9. The happiness conspiracy -- 10. In greed we trust -- 11. The paradox of narcissism -- 12. Lost in the mirror -- 13. The failure of success -- 14. Killing the things we love -- 15. Happy societies -- 16. Mountains of happiness -- 17. Oceans of happiness -- 18. The future of happiness.

Subject Term
: 
Happiness.

Electronic Access
: 
Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip074/2006038205.html


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