- List of 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


The Averaged American
Surveys, Citizens, and the Making of a Mass Public
Product Details
PAPERBACK
$31.00 • £26.95 • €28.95
ISBN 9780674027428
Publication Date: 04/30/2008
Awards & Accolades
- 2008 Cheiron Book Prize, Cheiron: The International Society for the History of Behavioral & Social Sciences
- A Slate Best Book of the Year