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Crystallizing Public Opinion: One Hundredth Anniversary Edition
The book that launched public relations 100 years ago now comes in an edition that is more than a reprint. Fully annotated, lavishly illustrated, and with more than a dozen essays by noted PR scholars it picks up where Bernays left off. See what practitioners and academics have to say about this 100th Anniversary edition (6:29).

By Edward L. Bernays. Annotations by Dick Martin. Field Notes by: Karla K. Gower, PhD; Krishnamurthy Sriramesh, PhD; Alex Sévigny PhD and Martin Waxman; Jude William R. Genilo, PhD; Alex Sévigny, PhD and Martin Waxman; Rita Men, PhD; James E. Grunig, PhD; Jeffrey S. Morosoff; Ivanka Pjesivac, PhD; Rachel Kovacs, PhD; Burton St. John III; Kathy R. Fitzpatrick; Hilary Fussell Sisco, PhD and Joe Stabb, PhD; Anthony D’Angelo; Timothy L. Howard, EdD and Tyler Smith; Tom Martin; Cayce Myers, PhD; Brenda Wrigley, PhD, and David W. Brown. Order today.

Marilyn: A Woman In Charge — Marilyn Laurie’s Life In Public Relations
By Dick Martin

Marilyn: A Woman In Charge chronicles the ascent of Marilyn Laurie, a self-described “little Jewish girl from the Bronx” from a volunteer who helped start Earth Day to advisor in the corridors of power of a great American company. It illustrates the life of a woman in charge, through days of heady highs and humbling lows with grace and resilience.
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Ofield: The Autobiography of Public Relations Man Ofield Dukes
With Rochelle L. Ford, Ph.D. and Rev. Unnia L. Pettus, Ph.D.

Ofield is the autobiography of Ofield Dukes, one of the nation's most influential African-American public relations pioneers. Penned before his death in 2011 and edited in 2017, it follows his career through many firsts as he counseled Civil Rights leaders, politicians, performers, governments and corporations.
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Courtier to the Crowd
By Ray Eldon Hiebert

Courtier to the Crowd is the biography of public relations pioneer Ivy Ledbetter Lee. Lee tore away the insulation of the "corporate veil" from the acts of some of the greatest corporations in the world and allowed the press and public to become acquainted with the facts. His techniques eventually became known as the practice of public relations.
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Mr. Lee's Publicity Book: A Citizen's Guide to Public Relations
Ivy Ledbetter Lee with Burton St. John III, Ph.D.

Mr. Lee's Publicity Book: A Citizen's Guide to Public Relations is Lee's only known full-length manuscript. Written in 1928, discovered in 2016, and annotated by Burton St. John III, Ph.D. in 2017, it advises how to differentiate between publicity and reality, propaganda and truth. Includes commentary from prominent scholars and historians.
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