Who Is the Public in “Public Opinion”?

Former UConn President and current political science professor Susan Herbst’s latest book, “A Troubled Birth: The 1930s and American Public Opinion” (University of Chicago Press), asks why public opinion pollsters seem to get so much so wrong these days. Herbst answers by peeling the historical layers of who the public is in these hypermediated times and what mix of culture, politics, and economics shapes that public’s thinking.

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A Troubled Birth: The 1930s and American Public Opinion

By Susan Herbst

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