Consumer Engineering, 1920s–1970s Marketing between Expert Planning and Consumer Responsiveness

In the middle of the twentieth century, a new class of marketing expert emerged beyond the familiar ad men of Madison Avenue. Working as commercial designers, consumer psychologists, sales managers, and market researchers, these professionals were self-defined zconsumer engineers,y and their rise he...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (-)
Otros Autores: Logemann, Jan (-), Cross, Gary, Köhler, Ingo
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing 2019.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Springer eBooks.
Worlds of Consumption.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:In the middle of the twentieth century, a new class of marketing expert emerged beyond the familiar ad men of Madison Avenue. Working as commercial designers, consumer psychologists, sales managers, and market researchers, these professionals were self-defined zconsumer engineers,y and their rise heralded a new era of marketing. To what extent did these efforts to engineer consumers shape consumption practices? And to what extent was the phenomenon itself a product of broader social and cultural forces? This collection considers consumer engineering in the context of the longer history of transatlantic marketing. Contributors offer case studies on the roles of individual consumer engineers on both sides of the Atlantic, the impact of such marketing practices on European economies during World War II and after, and the conflicted relationship between consumer activists and the ideas of consumer engineering. By connecting consumer engineering to a web of social processes in the twentieth century, this volume contributes to a reassessment of consumer history more broadly.
Descripción Física:XI, 296 p. : 24 il., 8 il. col
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
ISBN:9783030145644