The averaged American:surveys, citizens, and the making of a mass public
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Harvard University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge, Mass. |
Publication Dates: | 2007. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | 398 p.: ill., map ; 22 cm. |
ISBN: |
0674023218 (alk. paper) 9780674023215 (alk. paper) |
Index Number: | D771 |
CLC: | D771.28-09 |
Call Number: | D771.28-09/I248 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-378) and index. Introduction : America in aggregate -- Canvassing a "typical" community -- Middletown becomes Everytown -- Polling the average populace -- The majority talks back -- Surveying normal selves -- The private lives of the public -- Epilogue : statistical citizens. |