BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Coming to America: obsessed with happiness, but nobody's happy -- Personal journey? it's not all about you -- Happiness for sale: self-help America -- Workaholics -- "I don't care as long as he's happy": dispatches from the parenting happiness rat race -- God's plan of happiness -- I'm not a happy person, I just play one on facebook -- Positive psychology (or if you're not happy, it's your own fault, you lazy schmuck) -- Star-spangled happy. |
Summary |
A British journalist and documentary filmmaker describes her baffled encounters with America's culture of pursuing happiness at all costs, recounting her investigations into happiness-themed programs that have become part of a multibillion-dollar commercial industry. |
Audience |
General adult. |
System details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Format: Adobe EPUB eBook. |
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Format: Kindle Book. |
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Format: OverDrive Read. |
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Requires Adobe Digital Editions or Amazon Kindle. |
Other edition |
Original 9781250071521 |
Subject |
National characteristics, American.
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Happiness -- United States.
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United States -- Civilization -- 21st century.
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United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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Genre |
Electronic books.
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Other corporate author |
OverDrive, Inc.
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ISBN |
9781466882669
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STANDARD # |
98F96DF1-43A3-4A0D-BA9A-C83645783D4A OverDrive |
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