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4 unusual facts about Vance Packard


Gedalio Grinberg

After reading Vance Packard's 1959 book, The Status Seekers, and its message of how Americans were increasingly looking to project their status, Grinberg realized that he could convince Americans that wearing a quality watch was as much of a status symbol as owning a Cadillac in one's driveway.

How to Control the Nation

In a recorded segment, Derren presents a "potted history" of subliminal techniques, including their purported use by James Vicary to sell refreshments in United States cinemas, and inclusion in Vance Packard's book The Hidden Persuaders.

Kaldor City

The title of the play is derived from The Hidden Persuaders by media theorist Vance Packard and is partially an attempt to introduce some of the themes of his work into the series.

Vance Packard

He was born in Granville Summit, Pennsylvania, to Philip J. Packard and Mabel Case Packard.



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