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Foreword; Harry Halloran.- Part I. Historical Conceptions of Well-Being over the Long Term.- Chapter 1. The Search for Well-Being: From Ancient to Modern Times; Richard J. Estes.- Chapter 2. Western Historical Traditions of Well-Being; Alex C. Michalos and Dan Weijer. Chapter 3. East Asian Historical Traditions of Well-Being; Shawn Arthur and Victor Mair.- Chapter 4. Well-Being in India: A Historical and Anthropological Report; Isabelle Clark-Deces and Frederick M. Smith.- Chapter 5. Islamic Conceptions of Well-Being; Mohsen Joshanloo.- Part II. Domains of Well-Being.- Chapter 6. How We Measure Well-Being: The Data Behind the History of Well-Being; M. Joseph Sirgy, Richard J. Estes and Audrey N. Selian.- Part III. Regional Analyses of the History and Contemporary State of Well-Being Since World War II. Chapter 7. New Beginnings in an Ancient Region; Valerie Møller and Benjamin Roberts.- Chapter 8. Well-Being in Latin America; Mariano Rojas and José de Jesús García Vega.- Chapter 9. Well-Being in Canada and the United States;  Richard J. Estes, Alex C. Michalos, Rhonda Phillips, Kenneth Land and M. Joseph Sirgy.- Chapter 10. The History of Well-Being in East Asia: From Global Conflict to Global Leadership; Takashi Inoguchi and Richard J, Estes.- Chapter 11. The History of Well-Being in South Asia; Vijay Kumar Shrotryia and Krishna Mazumdar.- Chapter 12. The History of Well-Being in Southeast Asia; Mahar Mangahas and Edilberto C. de Jesus.- Chapter 13. The History of Well-Being in Europe; Wolfgang Glatzer and Jürgen Kohl.- Chapter 14. The History of Well-Being in Oceania; Robert Cummins and Tanja Capic.- Chapter 15. Well-Being in the Transition Economies of the Successor States of the Former Soviet Union: The Challenges of Change; Carol Graham and Aurite Werman.- Chapter 17. The History of Well-Being in the Middle East and North Africa; Habib Tiliouine and Mohammed Meziane.- Part IV. Special Issues Related to the Well-Being of Nations and Population Groups.- Chapter 18. History of Well-Being and Global Progress of Women; Elizabeth Eckermann.- Chapter 19. The Role of Technology in the History of Well-Being; Audrey N. Selian and Lee McKnight.- PartT V: Epilogue.- Chapter 18. The History of Well-Being in Global Perspective; Richard J. Estes and M. Joseph Sirgy.