The Hidden Persuaders - Softcover
A discussion of how modern advertising attempts to control our thoughts and desires in order to make us buy the products it produces.
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Vance Packard (1914 -1996) was an American journalist, social critic, and best-selling author. Among his books were the million-selling Hidden Persuaders, The Status Seekers, which described American social stratification and behavior, The Waste Makers, which criticizes planned obsolescence, and The Naked Society, about the threats to privacy posed by new technologies. Mark Crispin Miller is the author of the best-selling books Cruel and Unusual: Bush/Cheney's New World Order, The Bush Dyslexicon, and Fooled Again: How the Right Stole the 2004 Election & Why They'll Steal the Next One Too. An expert in propaganda and media, he teaches at New York University.
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date1981
- ISBN 10 0140205853
- ISBN 13 9780140205855
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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Book Description Reprint. Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 248 p. ; 18 cm. Subjects; Advertising Psychological aspects. Propaganda. Persuasive Communication. Advertising Social aspects United States. Advertising Psychological aspects. Subliminal projection. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 349432
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Book Description Reprint. Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 248 p. ; 18 cm. Subjects; Advertising Psychological aspects. Propaganda. Persuasive Communication. Advertising Social aspects United States. Advertising Psychological aspects. Subliminal projection. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 349432
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