The averaged American : surveys, citizens, and the making of a mass public /
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| Author / Creator: | Igo, Sarah E., 1969- |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007. |
| Description: | 398 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6203592 |
| Summary: | Sarah Igo tells how opinion polls, man-in-the-street interviews, sex surveys, community studies, and consumer research transformed the United States public. She 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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| Physical Description: | 398 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-378) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0674023218 (alk. paper) 9780674023215 (alk. paper) |
