{"product_id":"9781510723825","title":"Outdated Advertising: Sexist, Racist, Creepy, and Just Plain Tasteless Ads from a Pre-PC Era","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis outrageous collection of inappropriate ads will have you turning the pages and shaking your head in disbelief.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOutdated Advertising: Memories from a Less-than-PC Era\u003c\/i\u003e takes a look at print advertising from the mid-1850s through the 1980s with an eye toward ads that were notorious for their sexist, racist, politically-incorrect, or other wildly inappropriate content—or for just plain bad taste.  Among the dozens of full-color examples, readers will find: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003ea woman being spanked by her husband for not buying the right coffee\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe story of a mother having to turn her child over to an orphanage because her late husband didn’t keep up his life insurance payments \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAunt Jemima declaring “Happy days is here!” because of her new pancake recipe\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003edoctors promoting particular brands of cigarettes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe Michael Jackson Rainbow Brite portable record player with the copy line, “Gifts to keep children singing.”\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Advertising has changed over the decades—that is a major understatement. Despite the nostalgia of such shows as Mad Men, the outrageous images in \u003ci\u003eOutdated Advertising\u003c\/i\u003e show readers just how far we’ve come since then.","brand":"Skyhorse Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47178943824112,"sku":"9781510723825","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781510723825_p0.jpg?v=1763722914","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781510723825","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}