Happier? : the history of a cultural movement that aspired to transform America / Daniel Horowitz.
ISBN:
9780190655655
Title:
Happier? : the history of a cultural movement that aspired to transform America / Daniel Horowitz.
Author:
Horowitz, Daniel, 1938- author.
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 304 pages)
Contents:
From helplessness to optimism: Martin Seligman and the development of positive psychology -- Misery and pleasure in the origins of happiness studies, 1945-70 -- Crisis of confidence? 1970-83: providing the groundwork for the study of positive happiness -- Morning in America, 1984-98: assembling key elements in the study of happiness and positivity -- Drawing (and crossing) the line: academic and popular renditions of subjective well-being, 1984-98 -- Building a positively happy world view -- The future in here: positive psychology comes of age -- The business of happiness.
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Format:
Electronic Resources
Publication Date:
2018
Publication Information:
New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2018]