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Author
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 McMahon, Darrin M.
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Title
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Happiness : a history / Darrin M. McMahon.
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Edition
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1st Grove Press pbk. ed.
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Imprint
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New York : Grove Press, c2006.
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Description
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xvi, 544 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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BJ1481 .M46 2006b Reserve- 3 hrs
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Bibliography
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [485]-528) and index.
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Contents
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Introduction : the tragedy of happiness -- The highest good -- Perpetual felicity -- From heaven to earth -- Self-evident truths -- A modern rite -- Questioning the evidence -- Liberalism and its discontents -- Building happy worlds -- Joyful science -- Conclusion : happy ending.
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Subject
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Happiness -- History.
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Happiness -- Social aspects.
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ISBN
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0802142893 (pbk.)
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9780802142894 (pbk.)
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Sys. no.
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000330617
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