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Propaganda

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A 1928 book by Edward Bernays, an early American public-relations counsel, setting out how business, politics, education and social causes organise public opinion, and defending the practice. Bernays wrote it as a practitioner, and the archive's doctrine page on Bernays gives the reception and criticism that followed. The hosted text is the complete 1928 edition in 11 chapters.

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Edition
Propaganda. New York: Horace Liveright, 1928 (Project Gutenberg's proofread transcription)
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Project Gutenberg, ebook #78634
Text basis
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Rights
Published in the United States in 1928, so in the public domain in the United States. Bernays died in 1995, so the text may still be protected in countries that count the author's life plus 70 years. Checked September 29, 2026.
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Line wraps rejoined and headings set in title case; the Project Gutenberg licence header and footer removed. Wording, spelling and punctuation are the source's own. The transcriber's notes after the last chapter were removed.
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