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Vance Packard

Born

in Granville Summit, Pennsylvania, The United States

May 22, 1914

Died

December 12, 1996

Genre

Social Sciences, Nonfiction

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Vance Oakley Packard was an American journalist and social critic. He was the author of several books, including The Hidden Persuaders and The Naked Society. He was a critic of consumerism.

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Average rating: 3.84 · 1,968 ratings · 207 reviews · 102 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Hidden Persuaders 3.84 avg rating — 1,331 ratings — published 1957 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Waste Makers 4.03 avg rating — 227 ratings — published 1960 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Status Seekers 3.80 avg rating — 185 ratings — published 1959 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Naked Society 3.62 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1964 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Nation of Strangers 3.53 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1974 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American Social Classes in the 1950s: Selections from Vance Packard's The Status Seekers (Bedford Series in History and Culture) by Vance Packard, Daniel Horowitz 3.39 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The People Shapers 4.13 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1977 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pyramid Climbers 3.68 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1965 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Human Side of Animals 3.73 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1950 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ultra Rich: How Much Is Too Much? 3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something you are convinced should be done.”
― Vance Packard

tags: manipulations

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“You can probably make them do anything for you: Sell people things they don’t need; make women who don’t know you fall in love with you.”
― Vance Packard, The Hidden Persuaders

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“It is dangerous to asume that people can be trusted to behave in a rational way (...)

What the probers are looking for, of course, are the "whys" of our behavior, so that they can more effectively manipulate our habits and choices in their favor.”
― Vance Packard, The Hidden Persuaders

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