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The hidden persuaders

Vance Packard

1958240 pagesabout 4–6 hours
1958
first published
  • 1958Pocket Books · 242 pages · ENGISBN 9780671826635
  • 1971Longman · 275 pages · ENGISBN 9780582104013
  • 1972Pocket · ENGISBN 9780671771621
  • 1981Penguin · 248 pages · ENGISBN 9780140205855
  • 1991Penguin · 247 pages · ENGISBN 9780140136708
  • 2007Ig Publishing · 240 pages · ENGISBN 9780978843106
  • 1984Pocket · 288 pages · ENGISBN 9780671531492
  • 1980Pocket · ENGISBN 9780671835729

An account of the motivation research people, the advertising agency psychologists who analyze consumer desires and find out how to make people buy the things the agencies are paid to promote. Personalities, techniques, symbols, and approaches are discussed and some of the leading ad psychologists are interviewed.

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