On Happiness

American Anthropologist

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-18

  Johnston, Barbara Rose ^a   Colson, Elizabeth ^b   Falk, Dean ^c,j   St John, Graham ^d   Bodley, John H ^e   McCay, Bonnie J ^f   Wali, Alaka ^g   Nordstrom, Carolyn ^h   Slyomovics, Susan ⁱ  

^a Center for Political Ecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c School of Advanced Research   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f the State University of New   (United States)

^g FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Engaged anthropology; Happiness; Trouble; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858643998     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2011.01393.x     Document Type: Article

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