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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451293703321

Autore

Friedman Walter A. <1962->

Titolo

Birth of a salesman [[electronic resource] ] : the transformation of selling in America / / Walter A. Friedman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2004

ISBN

0-674-03734-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (356 p. ) : ill., ports

Disciplina

381/.1/0973

Soggetti

Sales management - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2004.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue, 1916 The First World's Salesmanship Congress Introduction The Science of Selling 1. Hawkers and Walkers The Independent Peddler 2. Selling Ulysses S. Grant The Art of the Canvasser 3. Forging a National Marketplace The Traveling Salesman 4. Fifty-Seven Varieties Sales Managers and Branded Goods 5. The Pyramid Plan John H. Patterson and the Pursuit of Efficiency 6. Salesology Psychologists, Economists, and Other Sales Experts 7. Instincts and Emotions Walter Dill Scott and the Bureau of Salesmanship Research 8. A Car for Her Selling Consumer Goods in the 1920's 9. Selling Salesmanship Public Relations and the Great Depression 10. Beyond Willy Loman American Salesmanship Today Appendix Illustration Credits Notes Index Acknowledgments

Sommario/riassunto

In this entertaining and informative book, Walter Friedman chronicles the remarkable metamorphosis of the American salesman from itinerant amateur to trained expert.