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Author Samuel, Lawrence R

Title Freud on Madison Avenue : motivation research and subliminal advertising in America / Lawrence R. Samuel
Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (218 pages)
Series EBL-Schweitzer
Contents The psychology of everyday living -- The sophisticated sell -- The secret pitch -- The fertile moment -- The psychology of the world of objects
Summary Freud on Madison Avenue tells the story of how and why mid-twentieth-century advertisers adopted Freudian psychology to sell products. This study follows the careers of Paul Lazarsfeld, Herta Herzog, James Vicary, Alfred Politz, Pierre Martineau, Edward Bernays, and the father of motivational research, Ernest Dichter
Analysis "Multi-User"
Notes OldControl:muse9780812204872
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
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Subject Consumer behavior -- United States -- History
Advertising -- United States -- Psychological aspects -- History
Subliminal advertising -- United States -- History
Motivation research (Marketing) -- United States -- History
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
Advertising -- Psychological aspects
Consumer behavior
Motivation research (Marketing)
Subliminal advertising
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780812204872
0812204875
1283896869
9781283896863