This outrageous collection of inappropriate ads will have you turning the pages and shaking your head in disbelief.
Outdated Advertising: Memories from a Less-than-PC Era takes a look at print advertising from the mid-1850s through the 1980s with an eye toward ads that were notorious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:
"Page after page, you will find yourself asking "how could they print THAT?" They say hindsight is 20/20, but sometimes it is also amusing, ironic, interesting, and even disgraceful. Our ever-changing social standards of what is appropriate in media could fill a book—this book."—Dr. Brian King, comedian and psychologist
"Page after page, you will find yourself asking "how could they print THAT?" They say hindsight is 20/20, but sometimes it is also amusing, ironic, interesting, and even disgraceful. Our ever-changing social standards of what is appropriate in media could fill a book—this book."—Dr. Brian King, comedian and psychologist
