Darrin M. McMahon's sweeping new book, chronicling the evolution of happiness over two thousand years of Western culture and thought, argues that our modern belief in happiness -- that happiness is a natural right -- is a relatively recent development.*
Responsibility: Darrin M. McMahon.Imprint: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press ; [Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed by Publisher's Group West, c2006.Physical description: xvi, 544 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. *Summary from Nielsen Book Data