Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-378) and index.
Contents
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.