Title
Vance Packard Lecture, Concert Lecture Series, 1964
Files
Lecture or Presentation Date:
10-5-1964
Description
Author Vance Packard delivered this public lecture, “What’s Happening to the American Character?” in Pease Auditorium as part of the Eastern Michigan University Concert Lecture Series. Author of several bestselling novels, Packard’s social criticism led him to be published in many well-known American periodicals. In this lecture, Packard discusses the impact on everyday behavior of such pressures as the deliberate encouragement of hedonism, the exploitation of the “youth market,” and the promotion of living on credit, and the preoccupation of status.
Keywords
Vance Packard, Eastern Michigan University, Pease Auditorium, hedonism, youth market, debt, credit, lecture series
Permission To Use:
Permission to quote from this lecture or presentation should be requested from the University Archives (lib_archives@emich.edu).
Copyright
Copyright to the audio resource and its transcript is held by the content creator, author, artist or other entity, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any other format without written permission of the copyright owner, Eastern Michigan University Archives ( lib_archives@emich.edu).
Recommended Citation
Eastern Michigan University, "Vance Packard Lecture, Concert Lecture Series, 1964" (1964). Lectures and Presentations. 16.
https://commons.emich.edu/lectures_presentations/16