Format:
1 online resource (235 pages)
ISBN:
9781000329810
Series Statement:
Themes in World History Ser.
Content:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Psychological Basics -- Part I: The Agricultural Age -- 3 Early Agricultural Society -- 4 From the Philosophers: Happiness in the Classical Period -- 5 From the Great Religions: Happiness - and Hope? -- 6 Popular Pleasures -- Part II: The Happiness Revolution, 1700-1900 -- 7 The Happiness Revolution in the West -- 8 The Expansion of Happiness? The New Expectations Encounter Industrial Society -- 9 Global Developments in the 18th and 19th Centuries -- Part III: Happiness in Contemporary World History -- 10 Disputed Happiness, 1920-1945 -- 11 Communist Happiness -- 12 Comparing Happiness in Contemporary Societies -- 13 Western Society in Contemporary History: Even Happier? -- 14 Happiness Goes Global -- 15 Conclusion -- Index.
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780367561055
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780367561055
Language:
English
