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The Hidden Persuaders (David McKay, 1957)

Vance Packard · c. 1957

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  1. Large-scale efforts are being made, often with impressive success, to channel our unthinking habits, our purchasing decisions, and our thought processes by the use of insights gleaned from psychiatry and the social sciences.
  2. Typically these efforts take place beneath our level of awareness; so that the appeals which move us are often, in a sense, "hidden."

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