The Known Citizen: A History of Privacy in Modern America

by Sarah E. Igo

Book Overview

Every day, Americans make decisions about their privacy: what to share and when, how much to expose and to whom. Securing the boundary between one's private affairs and public identity has become a central task of citizenship. How did privacy come to loom so large in American life? Sarah Igo tracks this elusive social value across the twentieth century, as individuals questioned how they would, and should, be known by their own society.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674737504
• ISBN13: 9780674737501
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"