TY - BOOK AU - Ward,Douglas B. TI - A new brand of business: Charles Coolidge Parlin, Curtis Publishing Company, and the origins of market research SN - 9781439900154 AV - HF5415.2 W256 N 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Temple University Press KW - Parlin, Charles Coolidge, KW - Curtis Publishing Company KW - Marketing research KW - United States KW - History N1 - A new era of business -- An unlikely leader -- What was commercial research? -- Winning over the skeptics -- Barbarians, farmers, and consumers -- Readers as consumers -- Chasing the consumer, protecting the company -- The legacy of commercial research; HKBU library; YT2025 M08 ER -