| Twenty Ads That Shook the World: The Century's Most Groundbreaking Advertising and How It Changed Us All Revised Edition Contributor(s): Twitchell, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 0609807234 ISBN-13: 9780609807231 Publisher: Crown Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $18.05 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2001 Annotation: James Twitchell takes an in-depth look at the ads and ad campaigns--and their creators--that have most influenced our culture and marketplace in the twentieth century. P. T. Barnum's creation of buzz, Pepsodent and the magic of the preemptive claim, Listerine introducing America to the scourge of halitosis, Nike's "Just Do It," Clairol's "Does She or Doesn't She?," Leo Burnett's invention of the Marlboro Man, Revlon's Charlie Girl, Coke's re-creation of Santa Claus, Absolut and the art world--these campaigns are the signposts of a century of consumerism, our modern canon understood, accepted, beloved, and hated the world over. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Advertising & Promotion - Social Science | Popular Culture - Business & Economics | Corporate & Business History - General |
| Dewey: 659.1 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 7.36" W x 9.14" (0.99 lbs) 240 pages |
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| Publisher Description: James Twitchell takes an in-depth look at the ads and ad campaigns and their creators that have most influenced our culture and marketplace in the twentieth century. P. T. Barnum s creation of buzz, Pepsodent and the magic of the preemptive claim, Listerine introducing America to the scourge of halitosis, Nike s Just Do It, Clairol s Does She or Doesn t She?, Leo Burnett s invention of the Marlboro Man, Revlon s Charlie Girl, Coke s re-creation of Santa Claus, Absolut and the art world these campaigns are the signposts of a century of consumerism, our modern canon understood, accepted, beloved, and hated the world over." |