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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: Changing Nature of Happiness
    sub title: An In-Depth Study of a Town in North West England 1938–2016
  name:
    name part: McHugh, Sandie.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2017
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XXI, 152 p. 10 illus. online resource.
  abstract: This book shines a light on the meaning of happiness and how public perceptions of it have changed over time. A question that has engaged philosophers from the days of Aristotle, happiness is a subject of growing academic interest, and its recent integration into government policy is provoking increased debate into its definition and nature. Sandie McHugh and her associates build on the work of social anthropologist Tom Harrison’s ‘Worktown’ Mass Observation study from 1938, repeating the original study today. Together these accounts show how perceptions of happiness have changed over the years for the people of Bolton, UK, and reveal major difference between its definition then and now. This unique study is a useful tool in the understanding and study of happiness, offering invaluable insights for scholars and practitioners working in the fields of social psychology, positive psychology, health psychology and wellbeing. .
  table of contents: Chapter One. Happiness Down the Ages; Theory and Philosophy.- Chapter Two. Enjoyment and Happiness.- Chapter Three. Happiness in Worktown 1938 and Bolton 2014.- Chapter Four. Happiness Perceptions; a Comparison 1938 and 2014 -- Chapter Five. Everyday Leisure in Worktown and Bolton -- Chapter Six. Observations in a Set Situation: Children’s Experiences in Worktown: Bolton.- Chapter Seven. Future Directions in Happiness research.
  note: edited by Sandie McHugh.
  subject:
    topic: Psychology
  subject:
    topic: Historical sociology
  subject:
    topic: Sociology, Urban
  subject:
    topic: Health psychology
  subject:
    topic: Personality
  subject:
    topic: Social psychology
  subject:
    topic: Community psychology
  subject:
    topic: Environmental psychology
  subject:
    topic: Psychology
  subject:
    topic: Health Psychology
  subject:
    topic: Personality and Social Psychology
  subject:
    topic: Community and Environmental Psychology
  subject:
    topic: Historical Sociology
  subject:
    topic: Urban Studies/Sociology
  classification: R726.7
  classification: 616.89
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  identifier: 9783319656519
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65651-9
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