{"product_id":"pursuits-of-happiness-gordon-mathews-9781845454487","title":"Pursuits of Happiness: Well-Being in Anthropological Perspective","description":"\u003cp\u003e Anthropology has long shied away from examining how human beings may lead happy and fulfilling lives. This book, however, shows that the ethnographic examination of well-being-defined as \"the optimal state for an individual, a community, and a society\"-and the comparison of well-being within and across societies is a new and important area for anthropological inquiry. Distinctly different in different places, but also reflecting our common humanity, well-being is intimately linked to the idea of happiness and its pursuits. Noted anthropological researchers have come together in this volume to examine well-being in a range of diverse ways and to investigate it in a range of settings: from the Peruvian Amazon, the Australian outback, and the Canadian north, to India, China, Indonesia, Japan, and the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gordon Mathews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1845454480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781845454487\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berghahn Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Library Binding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.48h x 6.53w x 0.89d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/20\/2009 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2009 pg. 138","brand":"Gordon Mathews","offers":[{"title":"Library Binding","offer_id":48088880906495,"sku":"9781845454487","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b660a88a-c9b0-44a0-b2c4-079c9a8aa666.jpg?v=1769107058","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pursuits-of-happiness-gordon-mathews-9781845454487","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}