The Pursuit of Happiness and the American Regime : Political Theory in Literature 9781498554206, 9781498554190

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: Britain and the American Dream 0374600597, 9780374600594

"Gripping . . . . vibrant . . . A wonderfully absorbing and stimulating book." --Sarah Bakewell, NBCC Award-wi

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The Delight Makers: Anglo-American Metaphysical Religion and the Pursuit of Happiness 9780226823348

An ambitious history of desire in Anglo-American religion across three centuries. The pursuit of happiness weaves dispar

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Happiness for All?: Unequal Hopes and Lives in Pursuit of the American Dream 9781400884971

How the optimism gap between rich and poor is creating an increasingly divided society The Declaration of Independence

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The Enlightenment The Pursuit of Happiness 1680-1790 9780241004838

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Educating Angels : Teaching for the Pursuit of Happiness 9781624910142, 9781624910135

School reform and accountability tests have been hotly debated for decades, but the goal of reform and accountability ha

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The Political Thought of Frederick Douglass: In Pursuit of American Liberty 9780814725405

Frederick Douglass, one of the most prominent figures in African-American and United States history, was born a slave, b

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Sexual Rights in America: The Ninth Amendment and the Pursuit of Happiness 9780814705292

The Constitution of the United States guarantees all Americans certain rights, such as the freedoms of speech and religi

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The Pursuit of Happiness [Reprint 2014 ed.] 9780674599000, 9780674289642

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The Pursuit of Happiness: Black Women, Diasporic Dreams, and the Politics of Emotional Transnationalism 9780822372134

Bianca C. Williams traces the experiences of African American women who travel to Jamaica and form affective relationshi

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American Tantalus: Horizons, Happiness, and the Impossible Pursuits of US Literature and Culture 9781628927139

American Tantalus argues that modern US fictions often grow preoccupied by tantalisation. This keyword might seem common

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