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Grimwood, Bryan S. R., author.
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306.4819 23
Publication Date
2018
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"By recognizing tourism as a profound social force, this book engages with notions of power and perspectives of wellness in tourism and the contested conceptualizations of tourism spaces and places for wellness"--
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Horowitz, Daniel, 1938- author.
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306.0973 23
Publication Date
2018
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Happier? provides the first history of the origins, development, and impact of the shift in how Americans - and now many around the world - consider the human condition. This change, which came about from the fusing of beliefs and knowledge from Eastern spiritual traditions, behavioral economics, neuroscience, evolutionary biology, and cognitive psychology, has been led by scholars and academic entrepreneurs, in play with forces such as neoliberalism and cultural conservatism, and a public eager for self-improvement. Ultimately, the book illuminates how positive psychology, one of the most inf.
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Cybriwsky, Roman A., author.
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306 23
Publication Date
2016
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"An authoritative, comprehensive, and highly accessible assessment of the happiest and least happy countries and cities in the world, as well as of the happiest and least happy cities and states in the United States. Supplies insightful and interesting information about all of the most contented and least contented countries and cities around the globe -- and the factors that make the people who live in these places notably happy or discontented. Examines and explains the complexity of happiness and contentment as they apply to specific places and regions in the world. Synthesizes and evaluates the maze of existing rankings of cities and countries in the world with fresh and original information to produce a novel assessment of the geography of global happiness. Presents information about cities and countries in all parts of the world fairly and in both positive and negative lights."--Publisher's description
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Lee, Gary R.
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306.81 23
Publication Date
2015
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Roopnarine, Jaipaul L., editor.
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306.8742 23
Publication Date
2015
Summary
Interest in the role of the father and his influence on children's development and economic well-being has grown considerably. This edited volume uses detailed accounts to provide culturally situated analysis of fathering in cultures around the world. The book's contributors, a multidisciplinary group of scholars, bring together the most recent theoretical thinking and research findings on fatherhood and fathering in cultural communities across developed, recently developed, and developing societies. They address such issues as fathering and gender equality in caregiving, concepts of masculin.
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