The Science of Deception: Psychology and Commerce in America
michael pettit is assistant professor of the history and theory of psychology at York University in Toronto.
The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637
The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London
© 2013 by The University of Chicago
All rights reserved. Published 2013.
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isbn-13: 978-0-226-92374-1 (cloth)
isbn-13: 978-0-226-92375-8 (e-book)
isbn-10: 0-226-92374-6 (cloth)
isbn-10: 0-226-92375-4 (e-book)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Pettit, Michael (Michael John), author.
The science of deception : psychology and commerce in America/Michael Pettit.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn-13: 978-0-226-92374-1 (cloth : alkaline paper)
isbn-10: 0-226-92374-6 (cloth : alkaline paper)
isbn-13: 978-0-226-92375-8 (e-book)
isbn-10: 0-226-92375-4 (e-book) 1. Deception. 2. Psychology—United States—
History. I. Title.
BF637.D42P48 2013
155.9′2—dc23
2012013095
The paper meets the requirement of ansi/niso Z39.48–1992 (Permanence of Paper)
