Vance Packard AKA Vance Oakley Packard Born: 22-May-1914 Birthplace: Granville Summit, PA Died: 12-Dec-1996 Location of death: Martha's Vineyard, MA Cause of death: unspecified Remains: Cremated (ashes scattered)
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Sociologist Nationality: United States Executive summary: The Hidden Persuaders Pop sociologist and social critic. Author of The Hidden Persuaders, a deconstruction of 1950s advertising techniques, and The Waste Makers, a critique of planned obsolescence. Father: Philip J. Packard Mother: Mabel Case Packard Wife: Virginia Matthews (m. 1938)
University: BA English, Pennsylvania State University (1936) University: MA Journalism, Columbia University (1937)
Is the subject of books:
Vance Packard & American Social Criticism, 1994, BY: Daniel Horowitz
Author of books:
How to Pick a Mate (1946, nonfiction, with Clifford R. Adams) Animal IQ: The Human Side of Animals (1950, nonfiction) The Hidden Persuaders (1957, nonfiction) The Status Seekers (1959, nonfiction) The Waste Makers (1960, nonfiction) The Pyramid Climbers (1962, nonfiction) The Naked Society (1964, nonfiction) The Sexual Wilderness (1968, nonfiction) A Nation of Strangers (1972, nonfiction) The People Shapers (1977, nonfiction) Our Endangered Children (1983, nonfiction) Ultra Rich: How Much Is Too Much? (1989, nonfiction)
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