The known citizen : a history of privacy in modern America / Sarah E. Igo.
The known citizen : a history of privacy in modern America / Sarah E. Igo.
The known citizen : a history of privacy in modern America / Sarah E. Igo.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
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G 2018/3065
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Language
English
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Physical content
569 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Technologies of publicity -- Documents of identity -- The porous psyche -- A right to be let alone -- Codes of confidentiality and consent -- The record prison -- The ethic of transparency -- Stories of one's self.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
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 cen...
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The known citizen : a history of privacy in modern America / Sarah E. Igo.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2018
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G 2018/3065
Record Identifier
74VKVoWBLpBO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVoWBLpBO
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ISBN
0674737504 hardcover alkaline paper
9780674737501 hardcover alkaline paper
DDC
323.4480973
MMS ID
991024168399602626
