02950nam 2200673Ia 450 991045536220332120200520144314.00-674-03894-010.4159/9780674038943(CKB)1000000000787160(EBL)3300493(OCoLC)842267376(MiAaPQ)EBC3300493(DE-B1597)457663(OCoLC)1013942602(OCoLC)1029822594(OCoLC)1032679361(OCoLC)1037978975(OCoLC)1041986632(OCoLC)1046606751(OCoLC)1047005839(OCoLC)441342160(OCoLC)979967811(DE-B1597)9780674038943(Au-PeEL)EBL3300493(CaPaEBR)ebr10318487(EXLCZ)99100000000078716020060525d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe averaged American[electronic resource] surveys, citizens, and the making of a mass public /Sarah E. IgoCambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press20071 online resource (408 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-674-02742-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-378) and index.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 -- Indexsupports 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. Social surveysUnited StatesHistory20th centuryNational characteristics, AmericanIdentity (Psychology)United StatesUnited StatesSocial conditions20th centuryElectronic books.Social surveysHistoryNational characteristics, American.Identity (Psychology)301.072/073NW 2708rvkIgo Sarah Elizabeth1969-1054696MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455362203321The averaged American2487537UNINA