@article{1478487,
      author = {Igo, Sarah E., },
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1478487},
      title = {The Averaged American : Surveys, Citizens, and the Making  of a Mass Public /},
      abstract = {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.},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674038943},
      recid = {1478487},
      pages = {1 online resource (408 p.)},
}