PR! A Social History of Spin

Name/Title

PR! A Social History of Spin

Secondary Title

A Social History of Spin

Description

The history of public relations and the tools of persuasion.

Context

Stuart Ewen is an author, historian and professor of film and media studies. Ewen details the history of public relations beginning with the First World War and credited Ivy Lee as one of the nation's first corporate public relations practitioners and the creation of a new climate in which public relations and corporate image management would become paramount in American society.

Category

Public Relations

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Book

Book Details

Author

Stuart Ewen

Edition

First Edition

Publisher

Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group

Date Published

1996

ISBN

0-465-06179-6

Notes

480 pages

General Notes

Note

3 copies FIC; Two copies donated by Carolyn Bobo on November 4, 2021 and Ray Hiebert on November 18, 2017.

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Create Date

January 6, 2020

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Update Date

July 2, 2025