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Happiness: A History

by Darrin M. McMahon · 2005

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In the tradition of books by Peter Gay and Simon Schama, Happiness is a major work that draws on a multitude of sources, including art and architecture, poetry and scripture, music and theology, and literature and myth, to offer a sweeping intellectual history of man's most elusive yet coveted goal.

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happinesshappinessMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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long · 560 pages

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