TY  - BOOK
AU  - Igo,Sarah Elizabeth
TI  - The averaged American: surveys, citizens, and the making of a mass public 
SN  - 0674023218 (alk. paper)
AV  - HN29 .I44 2007
U1  - 301.072/073 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Social surveys
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - National characteristics, American
KW  - Social conditions
N1  - 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
ER  -