Search History

Holdings Information

    • Author/Creator:Hood, John M. (John McDonald), 1966-
    • Title:Selling the dream : why advertising is good business / John Hood.
    • ISBN:0275984354 (alk. paper)
    • Published/Created:Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2005.
    • Physical Description:1 online resource
    • Links:Online book (login required)
    • Yale Holdings

       
    • Variant and related titles:Internet Archive collection.
    • Format:Book
    • BibliographyIncludes bibliographical references (p. [225]-249) and index.
    • Contents:Introduction -- The birth of advertising and commercial culture -- A carnival of conspicuous consumption -- Broadcasting revolution, advertising evolution -- The new economics and science of advertising -- Living the commercial life -- Health claims and the problem of fraud -- Advertising and the consuming child -- The economics and ethics of selling sin -- Conclusion.
    • Subjects:Advertising--Social aspects.