{"product_id":"pursuits-of-happiness-gordon-mathews-9781845457082","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 1845457080\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781845457082\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berghahn Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d","brand":"Gordon Mathews","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44077594280191,"sku":"9781845457082","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0210d6f0-97f9-4342-ac29-d9168618e441.jpg?v=1685470782","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pursuits-of-happiness-gordon-mathews-9781845457082","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}