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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Cialdini, Robert B.

Influence : the psychology of persuasion / Robert B.

Cialdini.—Rev. ed.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographic references and index.

ISBN: 978-0-06-124189-5

ISBN-10: 0-06-124189-x

1. Infl uence (Psychology) 2. Persuasion (Psychology)

3. Compliance. I. Title.

BF774.C53 1993

153.8’ 52—dc20

93-2549

CIP

EPub Edition © JUNE 2009 ISBN: 9780061899874

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