The Averaged American : Surveys, Citizens, and the Making of a Mass Public / /
Igo, Sarah E.
The Averaged American : Surveys, Citizens, and the Making of a Mass Public / / Sarah E. Igo. - 1 online resource (408 p.)
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
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674027428 9780674038943
10.4159/9780674038943 doi
National characteristics, American.
Social surveys--History--United States--20th century.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
HN29 / .I44 2007eb
301.072/073
The Averaged American : Surveys, Citizens, and the Making of a Mass Public / / Sarah E. Igo. - 1 online resource (408 p.)
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
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674027428 9780674038943
10.4159/9780674038943 doi
National characteristics, American.
Social surveys--History--United States--20th century.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
HN29 / .I44 2007eb
301.072/073