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The known citizen : a history of privacy in modern America /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Igo, Sarah E., 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2018]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.