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Lawrence R. Samuel is the author of several books, including The American Dream: A Cultural History and Freud on Madison Avenue: Motivation Research and Subliminal Advertising in America.

Lawrence R. Samuel is founder of Boomers 3.0, a consultancy dedicated to helping organizations create meaningful relationships with baby boomers in their third act of life. He is also author of several books, including Freud on Madison Avenue: Motivation Research and Subliminal Advertising in America, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Offers a cultural history of New York City in 1964. The book focuses on five seminal events that occurred in the city that year: the "British Invasion", i.e., arrival of The Beatles in New York in February, the murder of Kitty Genovese in Queens in March, the world's fair that ran in Queens between April and October, the "race riots" in Brooklyn and Harlem in July, and the world series in the Bronx between the New York Yankees and the St. Loui...

This book traces changes in what it means to be a dad in America, from the 1960s through today. Beginning with an overview of fatherhood in America from the "founding fathers" through the 1950s, the book progresses to the role of fathers as they were encouraged to move beyond being simply providers to becoming more engaged parents.

Lawrence R. Samuel is the author of several books, including Shrink: A Cultural History of Psychoanalysis in America (Nebraska, 2013) and The American Dream: A Cultural History.

There is no better way to understand America than by understanding the cultural history of the American Dream. Rather than just a powerful philosophy or ideology, the Dream is thoroughly woven into the fabric of everyday life. No other idea or mythology has as much influence on individual and collective lives in America. Tracing the history of the phrase in popular culture, Samuel gives readers a field guide to the evolution of US national ide...

Lawrence R. Samuel is the founder of Culture Planning LLC and the author of several books, including Rich: The Rise and Fall of American Wealth Culture and Future: A Recent History.

If there was a book like Brought to You By when I came into the advertising business, it would have saved me ten years of hard knocks. I plan to buy it by the box load and hand it out as my gift to any young person who expresses interest in getting into the advertising business." --Jerry Della Femina, President, Jerry Della Femina & Partners "The most exciting and comprehensive explanation of how a single medium rose to be one of the most defi...

Provides a vivid portrait of the New York World's Fair, held between April 1964 and October 1965, and of the cultural climate that surrounded it. It charts the fair from inception in 1959 to demolition in 1966 and provides a broad overview of the social and cultural dynamics that led to the birth of the event. It also traces thematic aspects of the fair, with its focus on science, technology, and the world of the future.

The first book to explore how visionaries over the last century imagined the world of tomorrow