Lurching toward happiness in America /

Amid confusing and alarmist media claims about our changing culture, Claude Fischer sets the record straight on social trends in America.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fischer, Claude S., 1948- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : The MIT Press, [2014]
Colección:Boston review book.
Temas:
2000-2099
Quality of life > United States.
Happiness > United States.
Qualité de la vie > États-Unis.
Bonheur > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Essays.
Civilization
Economic history
Happiness
Quality of life
Social conditions
United States > Civilization > 21st century.
United States > Social conditions > 21st century.
United States > Economic conditions > 21st century.
États-Unis > Civilisation > 21e siècle.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 21e siècle.
États-Unis > Conditions économiques > 21e siècle.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Plumbing Unhappiness
  • 1. Happiness Policy
  • 2. E-Disharmony?
  • 3. The Loneliness Scare
  • 4. Is the Gender Revolution Over?
  • 5. The Leisure Gap
  • 6. How to Be Poor
  • 7. Extremely Local
  • Part II: Policy for a Happier America
  • 8. The Good Life
  • 9. Accidental Billionaire
  • 10. Mind the Gap
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
  • Boston Review Books.

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