The Resource Satisfaction not guaranteed : dilemmas of progress in modern society, Peter N. Stearns
Satisfaction not guaranteed : dilemmas of progress in modern society, Peter N. Stearns
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- Language
- eng
- Extent
- ix, 270 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction: being cheerful and modern
- The gap: happiness scales and the edge of sadness
- Component parts: modernity and ideas of happiness and progress as historical forces
- Modernity's deficiencies
- False starts and surprises: making modernity more difficult
- The dilemmas of work in modernity
- Death as a modern quandary
- Century of the child? Childhood, parenting, and modernity
- Born to shop: consumerism as the modern panacea
- Isbn
- 9780814783627
- Label
- Satisfaction not guaranteed : dilemmas of progress in modern society
- Title
- Satisfaction not guaranteed
- Title remainder
- dilemmas of progress in modern society
- Statement of responsibility
- Peter N. Stearns
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Stearns, Peter N
- Dewey number
- 909.83
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- CB430
- LC item number
- .S74 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Civilization, Modern
- Progress
- Label
- Satisfaction not guaranteed : dilemmas of progress in modern society, Peter N. Stearns
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-264) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: being cheerful and modern -- The gap: happiness scales and the edge of sadness -- Component parts: modernity and ideas of happiness and progress as historical forces -- Modernity's deficiencies -- False starts and surprises: making modernity more difficult -- The dilemmas of work in modernity -- Death as a modern quandary -- Century of the child? Childhood, parenting, and modernity -- Born to shop: consumerism as the modern panacea
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- ix, 270 pages
- Isbn
- 9780814783627
- Isbn Type
- (cl : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2011045365
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- ocn742512571
- (OCoLC)742512571
- Label
- Satisfaction not guaranteed : dilemmas of progress in modern society, Peter N. Stearns
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-264) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: being cheerful and modern -- The gap: happiness scales and the edge of sadness -- Component parts: modernity and ideas of happiness and progress as historical forces -- Modernity's deficiencies -- False starts and surprises: making modernity more difficult -- The dilemmas of work in modernity -- Death as a modern quandary -- Century of the child? Childhood, parenting, and modernity -- Born to shop: consumerism as the modern panacea
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- ix, 270 pages
- Isbn
- 9780814783627
- Isbn Type
- (cl : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2011045365
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- ocn742512571
- (OCoLC)742512571
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