Designed for Success: Better Living and Self-Improvement with Midcentury Instructional Records (Hardcover)

Introduction: Achieving the Good Life with Midcentury Records 1

Part I: At Work 31
1 Becoming a Better Worker: Efficiency, Productivity, and Career Training 35
2 Paths to Persuasion: Selling and Salesmanship 59
3 Making Money, Management, and Motivation 69

Part II: At Home 83
4 Fitness and Beauty 89
5 Sustenance: Eating and Drinking 111
6 Family Fidelity: The Harmonious Marriage and Well-Adjusted Children 125
7 Mind Altering: Expanding Your Mind for Greater Success 151

Part III: At Leisure 169
8 Leisure and Sport 173
9 Joining In: Play an Instrument! Learn to Dance! 199
10 Let's Learn a Language 221
11 Learning to Listen: Music Appreciation 233

Part IV: On Vinyl and Cultural History
12 A History of Instructional Recordings 251
13 Conclusion: Midcentury Records and the Creation of Modern America 261

Acknowledgments 267
Notes 269
Bibliography 289
Illustration Credits 303
Index of Records 305
Index 309