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Autore |
Herbst Susan |
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Titolo |
A troubled birth : the 1930s and American public opinion / / Susan Herbst [[electronic resource]] |
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Chicago : , : The University of Chicago Press, , 2022 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (311 pages) |
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Collana |
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Chicago studies in American politics |
Chicago scholarship online |
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Soggetti |
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Public opinion - United States |
United States Politics and government 1929-1933 |
United States Politics and government 1933-1945 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2021. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1 Introduction: Birth of a Public -- 2 President in the Maelstrom: FDR as Public Opinion Theorist -- 3 Twisted Populism: Pollsters and Delusions of Citizenship -- 4 A Consuming Public: The Strange and Magnificent New York World’s Fair -- 5 Radio Embraces Race and Immigration, Awkwardly -- 6 Interlude: A Depression Needn’t Be So Depressing -- 7 Public Opinion and Its Problems: Some Ways Forward -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Pollsters and pundits armed with the best public opinion polls failed to predict the election of Donald Trump in 2016. Is this because we no longer understand what the American public is? In this book, Susan Herbst argues that we need to return to earlier meanings of 'public opinion' to understand our current climate. Herbst contends that the idea that there was a public - whose opinions mattered - emerged during the Great Depression, with the diffusion of radio, the devastating impact of the economic collapse on so many people, the appearance of professional pollsters, and Franklin Roosevelt's powerful rhetoric. She argues that public opinion about issues can only be seen as a messy mixture of culture, politics, and economics - in short, all the things that influence how people live. |
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