The Changing Nature of Happiness An In-Depth Study of a Town in Nort
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 integrat
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Edited by Sandie McHugh
The Changing Nature of Happiness “This scholarly, but highly readable book demonstrates that we pay insufficient attention to Happiness. This book will provide professionals and the general public, on one hand with serious insights into such an important topic, but on the other hand offers a great antidote to the gloom and doom that seems to be all around us.” —Professor Kevin Gournay, CBE, Kings College London, UK “This book takes readers to a journey of happiness starting from 1938 to the present time. Read this book – and learn to find happiness in your own life.” —Professor Samuel M.Y. Ho, City University of Hong Kong “In 1938 the social investigative organisation, Mass Observation, asked the people of Bolton ‘What makes you happy’. Nearly 80 years later Boltonians were again asked this question. Using the results of both surveys, this excellent collection of essays explains what changed between these years and what has stayed the same. It will be welcomed by scholars across disciplines as an expert intervention in the ongoing happiness debate and as an enlightening account of life in Mass Observation’s ‘Worktown’.” —Professor Claire Langhamer, University of Sussex, UK “A community study of happiness is long overdue, and equally rare, a study with an eye to its historical unfolding. This fine work by McHugh and her colleagues helps close this gap.” —Professor Robert A. Stebbins, FRSC, University of Calgary, Canada
Sandie McHugh Editor
The Changing Nature of Happiness An In-Depth Study of a Town in North West England 1938–2016
Foreword by Professor Sir Cary Cooper
Editor Sandie McHugh School of Education and Psychology University of Bolton Bolton, UK
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