The Averaged American : Surveys, Citizens, and the Making of a Mass Public / Sarah E. Igo.
Igo, Sarah E., author.
2009
HN29 .I44 2007eb
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Title
The Averaged American : Surveys, Citizens, and the Making of a Mass Public / Sarah E. Igo.
Author
Igo, Sarah E., author.
ISBN
9780674038943
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674038943
Published
Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, [2009]
Copyright
©2007
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (408 p.)
Item Number
10.4159/9780674038943 doi
Call Number
HN29 .I44 2007eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
301.072/073
Summary
supports the death penalty, that half of all marriages end in divorce, and that four out of five prefer a particular brand of toothpaste. But remarkably, such data--now woven into our social fabric--became common currency only in the last century. With a bold and sophisticated analysis, Sarah Igo demonstrates the power of scientific surveys to shape Americans' sense of themselves as individuals, members of communities, and citizens of a nation.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Illustrations
Introduction: America in Aggregate
1. Canvassing a "Typical" Community
2. Middletown Becomes Everytown
3. Polling the Average Populace
4. The Majority Talks Back
5. Surveying Normal Selves
6. The Private Lives of the Public
Epilogue: Statistical Citizens
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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