The Pursuit of Happiness in the Founding Era: An Intellectual History

by Carli N. Conklin

Book Overview

Scholars have long debated the meaning of the pursuit of happiness, yet have tended to define it narrowly, focusing on a single intellectual tradition, and on the use of the term within a single text, the Declaration of Independence. In this insightful volume, Carli Conklin considers the pursuit of happiness across a variety of intellectual traditions, and explores its usage in two key legal texts of the Founding Era, the Declaration and William...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826222234
• ISBN13: 9780826222237
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"