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200 14$aThe averaged American$b[electronic resource] $esurveys, citizens, and the making of a mass public /$fSarah E. Igo
210   $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2007
215   $a1 online resource (408 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-674-02742-6 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 301-378) and index.
327   $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tIntroduction: America in Aggregate -- $t1. Canvassing a "Typical" Community -- $t2. Middletown Becomes Everytown -- $t3. Polling the Average Populace -- $t4. The Majority Talks Back -- $t5. Surveying Normal Selves -- $t6. The Private Lives of the Public -- $tEpilogue: Statistical Citizens -- $tNotes -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIndex
330   $asupports 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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