Author:Edward Bernays

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Edward Bernays
(1891–1995)

one of the fathers of the field of public relations and was one of the first to attempt to manipulate public opinion using the unconscious mind.

Edward Bernays

Works[edit]

  • The Broadway Anthology, with Samuel Hoffenstein, Walter J. Kingsley, and Murdock Pemberton (external scan)
  • Crystallizing Public Opinion (1923)
    • Crystallizing Public Opinion (1961)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2056 due to Renewal RE438738
  • A Public Relations Counsel (1927)
  • Verdict of Public Opinion on Propaganda (1927)
  • An Outline of Careers: A Practical Guide to Achievement by Thirty-Eight Eminent Americans (1927)
  • Propaganda (1928)
  • This Business of Propaganda (1928)
  • Universities—Pathfinders in Public Opinion (1937)
  • Careers for Men: A Practical Guide to Opportunity in Business, Written by Thirty-Eight Successful Americans (1939)
  • Speak Up for Democracy: What You Can Do—A Practical Plan of Action for Every American Citizen (1940)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2036 due to Renewal R424131
  • Future of Private Enterprise in the Post-War World (1942)
  • Democratic Leadership in Total War (1943)
  • Psychological Blueprint for the Peace—Canada, U.S.A. (1944)
  • Public Relations (1945)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2040 due to Renewal RE069553
  • Your Place at the Peace Table. What You Can Do to Win a Lasting United Nations Peace (1945)
  • "The Engineering of Consent" in Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 270 (March, 1947) (1950)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2045 due to Renewal RE0000001363
  • What the British Think of Us: A Study of British Hostility to America and Americans and Its Motivation, with Recommendations for Improving Anglo-American Relations (1950, co-author with his wife Doris Fleischman)
  • The Engineering of Consent (1955)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2050 due to Renewal RE168369
  • Your Future in Public Relations (1961)
  • Biography of an Idea: Memoirs of Public Relations Counsel (1965)
  • Case for Reappraisal of U.S. Overseas Information Policies and Programs (Special Study) (1970), edited by Edward L. Bernays and Burnet Hershey

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1929.


This author died in 1995, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 28 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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This author died in 1995, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 28 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

It is imperative that contributors search the renewal databases and ascertain that there is no evidence of a copyright renewal before using this license. Failure to do so will result in the deletion of the work as a copyright violation.

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