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The Averaged American : Surveys, Citizens, and the Making of a Mass Public / / Sarah E. Igo.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (408 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674027428
  • 9780674038943
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 301.072/073 22
LOC classification:
  • HN29 .I44 2007eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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
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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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674038943

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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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.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. Sep 2023)

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