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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: IGO, Sarah E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674038943; 9783110442205; 9783110459517; 9783110662566
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674038943
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Sarah E. IGO.

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.