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A Short Biography of Vance Packard

Author Name:

Vance Packard

Born As:

Vance Packard

Other Names:

Vance Packard

Born:

22 May 1914

Died:

12 Dec 1996




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Journalist and social critic                          
Selected Works:

Books:

How to Pick a Mate - a guide co-authored with the head of the Penn State marriage counseling service - 1946
Animal IQ - a paperback on animal intelligence - 1950

The Hidden Persuaders - on the advertising industry - the first of a popular series of books on sociology topics - 1957, sold over a million copies.

The Status Seekers - describing American social stratification and behavior - 
The Waste Makers - criticizes planned obsolescence describing the impact of American productivity, especially on the national character - 1960
The Pyramid Climbers - describes the changing impact of American enterprise on managers, the structured lives of corporate executives and the conformity they need to advance in the hierarchy - 1962
The Naked Society - on the threats to privacy posed by new technologies such as computerized filing, modern surveillance techniques and methods for influencing human behavior - 1964
The Sexual Wilderness - on the sexual revolution of the 1960s and changes in male-female relationships 
A Nation of Strangers - about the attrition of communal structure through frequent geographical transfers of corporate executives - 1972
The People Shapers - on the use of psychological & biological testing and experimentation to manipulate human behavior - 1977
Our Endangered Children - discusses growing up in a changing world, warning that American preoccupation with money, power, status, and sex, ignored the needs of future generations - 1983
Ultra Rich: How Much Is Too Much? - examines the lives of thirty American multimillionaires and their extravagances - 1989.                          
Mother Mabel Case Packard
Father Philip J. Packard