This second edition of Happiness Across Cultures contains 8 brand new chapters on previously uncovered topics, such as Covid19, refugees, and violence. Different cultures experience happiness differently. Traditionally, the West is considered materialistic, and happiness is said to come from achievement and acquisition. The East is said to be more people-oriented, where happiness is a result of deep personal interactions. Thus, poor people can be happier in the East than the West, because they are not so concerned with possession and more with society. This new edition considers happiness and quality of life in non-Western countries and cultures. Its coverage is now more diverse and spans the breadth of the non-Western world, revealing unique perspectives of happiness and life quality embedded in rich cultural traditions and histories.

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Helaine Selin was a Faculty Associate and Science Librarian at Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA, from which she retired in 2012. She is the editor of the Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures (3rd ed. Springer 2016) and eleven books in Springer's Science Across Cultures series, on Astronomy, Mathematics, Medicine, Nature, Childbirth, Parenting, Happiness, Death, Aging, Childhood in Turkey and Sustainability, Diversity, and Equality: Key Challenges for Japan.

Gareth Davey is a Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Professional Studies at the University of Bolton in England. He is a sociologist and social psychologist with diverse research interests. He is particularly interested in identity, health, and wellbeing in non-Western cultures. He has worked as a university professor in numerous countries including China, India, Lebanon, Malaysia, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and Vietnam.