The Hidden Persuaders

"One of the best books around for demystifying the deliberately mysterious arts of advertising."— Salon

"Fascinating, entertaining and thought-stimulating."— The New York Times Book Review

"A brisk, authoritative and frightening report on how manufacturers, fundraisers and politicians are attempting to turn the American mind into a kind of catatonic dough that will buy, give or vote at their command— The New Yorker

Originally published in 1957 and now…