01688nam a2200325 a 4500 ebr10555037 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 111104s2012 nyu sb 001 0 eng d 2011045365 9780814783627 (cl alk. paper) 9780814783634 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)793207330 CB430 .S74 2012eb 909.83 23 Stearns, Peter N. Satisfaction not guaranteed [electronic resource] : dilemmas of progress in modern society / Peter N. Stearns. New York : New York University Press, c2012. ix, 270 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Civilization, Modern 21st century. Progress. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10555037 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 198428 198428