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Vance Packard is a US social critic.
1914 - Born 22nd of May in Granville Summit, Pennsylvania.
1932 - Entered Penn State, majoring in English.
1936 - He graduated in his studies and worked briefly for the local newspaper, the Centre Daily Times.
1937 - Earned his master's degree at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
- Joined the Boston Daily Record as a staff reporter.
1938 - Married Virginia Matthews.
1940 - Became a reporter for the Associated Press
1942 - Staff of American magazine as a section editor, later becoming a staff writer.
- Moved over to Collier's where he worked as a writer.
1957 - The Hidden Persuaders was published and received national attention.
1960-1968 - Wrote "The Waste Makers" 1960, "The Pyramid Climbers" 1962, "The Naked Society" 1964, "The Sexual Wilderness" 1968.
1961 - Named a Distinguished Alumnus of Penn State University.
1996 - He died 12th of December at his summer home on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts.
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Ultra Rich: How Much Is Too Much? by Vance Oakley Packard (Hardcover - Jan 17, 1989) |
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The People Shapers by Vance Oakley Packard (Hardcover - Sep 17, 1977) |
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A Nation of Strangers by Vance Oakley Packard (Hardcover - Sep 17, 1972)  |
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Vance Packard&American Social Criticism by Daniel Horowitz (Hardcover - Jun 17, 1994) Vance Packard's number-one bestsellers - Hidden Persuaders (1957), Status Seekers (1959), and Waste Makers (1960) - taught the generation of Americans that came of age in the late 1950s and early... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Los formas ocultas de la propaganda by Vance Oakley Packard (Unknown Binding - May 17, 1977) |
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The Status Seekers; an Exploration of Class Behavior in America and the.. by Vance Oakley Packard (Hardcover - May 17, 2008) |
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