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The Known Citizen: A History Of Privacy In Modern America by Sarah E Igo; Harvard University. Press is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Known Citizen: A History Of Privacy In Modern America about?
"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. Privacy was not always a matter of public import. But begi
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Sarah E Igo; Harvard University. Press
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Department of Sanskrit & Indian Studies
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780674985193
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Law, Psychology
- Rating
- 4.3 / 5 (31 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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