Happier? : the history of a cultural movement that aspired to transform America /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Horowitz, Daniel, 1938- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.