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Copyright © Tim Wu 2016

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Wu, Tim, author.

Title: The attention merchants : the epic scramble to get inside our heads / Tim Wu.

Description: First edition. | New York : Knopf, 2016.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016010140 | ISBN 9780385352017 (hardback) | ISBN 9780385352024 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Advertising—Social aspects—History. | Advertising—Psychological aspects—History. | Marketing—History. | Consumer behavior—History. | BISAC: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications Industries. | HISTORY / Social History. | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.

Classification: LCC HF5811 .W82 2016 | DDC 659.1/042—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2016010140

Ebook ISBN 9780385352024

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