02830nam a22005055i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020003700100024003500137050001600172050000900188072001700197072002300214072001600237100008400253245011500337250001800452264007900470300006300549336002600612337002600638338003600664347002400700505026400724520083200988650002801820650003501848650004001883650002301923650003701946650003301983650002602016650002302042710003402065773002602099776003602125776003602161776003602197856004602233912001402279912001402293999001702307978-3-031-65607-1DE-He21320251030112701.0cr nn 008mamaa240731s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830316560719978-3-031-65607-17 a10.1007/978-3-031-65607-12doi 4aRA407-409.5 4aHN25 7aMBNH2bicssc 7aMED0030002bisacsh 7aMBNH2thema1 aJones, Brian J.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut98162714aThe Pursuit of Happiness in Americah[electronic resource] :bA Sociological Perspective /cby Brian J. Jones.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,c2024.  aXV, 94 p. 68 illus., 67 illus. in color.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda0 a1. On Happiness -- 2. Pillars of Happiness: Attitudes -- 3. Sources of Happiness: Social Structures -- 4. "With a Little Help from My …” -- 5. "E PLURIBUS DUO": Education -- 6. Screen Time -- 7. Lost Causes -- 8. Happiness Dynamics in the Age of Covid-19.  aEverybody wants to know what makes people happy. Artistic takes on the topic in literature, popular songs and cinema are widespread, but not terribly helpful. Psychological accounts are mostly about how to avoid unhappiness. So who actually is happy, and why? This book offers real answers from the real world of American society. Their source is the General Social Survey, a scientific poll of Americans offering some five decades of state-of-the-art data. An additional enhancement is a set of qualitative interviews commissioned by the author adding depth to the extraordinary breadth of the GSS. The approach of the book is distinctly sociological. Are married Americans happier than unmarried Americans? Does social class matter? How about college? The answers lie within this wide and deep dive into happiness in America. 0aQuality of life.962149 0aSociologyxMethodology.959417 0aSocial sciencesxPhilosophy.960803 0aWell-being.95930914aQuality of Life Research.96615324aSociological Methods.97180124aSocial Theory.95805024aWell-Being.9593092 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303165606408iPrinted edition:z978303165608808iPrinted edition:z978303165609540uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65607-1  aZDB-2-SLS  aZDB-2-SXS  c62089d62089