{"product_id":"well-being-past-and-present-siobhan-hyland-9781350499843","title":"Well-Being Past and Present: The History and Contemporary Practice of a Cultural Phenomenon in Britain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this exciting interdisciplinary volume, researchers, archivists, curators and social scientists offer a fresh exploration of the concept of well-being in Britain throughout history and in the present day.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWell-being Past and Present\u003c\/i\u003e examines the various ways well-being has been invoked as a concept or term throughout historical periods, attending to its multifarious meanings and its significance on the way we live our lives. Focusing on the interactions between historical research and heritage and archival methods and practices, the volume bridges the gap between historical experiences of well-being and contemporary well-being interventions by institutions and communities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcross sixteen chapters the authors in \u003ci\u003eWell-being Past and Present\u003c\/i\u003e travel from the battlefield to the library, the orchard to the archive, and the country house to the hospital ward, examining well-being's own historical and contemporary position in discourses like leisure, health and happiness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe key questions this volume asks are: has the concept of well-being become too nebulous to carry any real meaning? What happens to the term when we place it in the range of very different contexts that it finds a home in? How do past discourses of well-being connect to the present? How widely is well-being and associated activities spread across our diverse societies? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWell-being Past and Present\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely volume and contributes not just to our historical understanding of well-being but how we can utilise history and heritage to establish communities of care in Britain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Siobhan Hyland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350499846\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350499843\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d","brand":"Siobhan Hyland","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47474061443327,"sku":"9781350499843","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a0737721-efaa-4301-8615-b92847ff7519.jpg?v=1762314701","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/well-being-past-and-present-siobhan-hyland-9781350499843","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}