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[F.R.E.E] [D.O.W.N.L.O.A.D] [R.E.A.D] The Known Citizen: A History of Privacy in ModernAmerica PDF eBook[F.R.E.E][D.O.W.N.L.O.A.D][R.E.A.D] The KnownCitizen: A History ofPrivacy in ModernAmerica PDF eBookDescriptionâ€œMasterful (and timely)â€¦Privacy is clearly a protean concept, and Igo deftly reviews thedefinitions that scholars have offered in their efforts to cage its elusive essence. She judges theseattempts helpful but less than conclusive. Her own ambitious solution is to embrace privacyâ€smultifariousness. In her marathon trek from Victorian propriety to social media exhibitionism, sherecounts dozens of forgotten public debatesâ€¦Utterly original.â€•â€•David Greenberg,Washington Postâ€œA mighty effort to tell the story of modern America as a story of anxietiesabout privacyâ€¦ Igo is an intelligent interpreter of the factsâ€¦She shows us that although we mayfeel that the threat to privacy today is unprecedented, every generation has felt that way since theintroduction of the postcard.â€•â€•Louis Menand, New Yorkerâ€œ[An] excellent new book onprivacy in Americaâ€¦Igo follows the different ways in which Americans have been scrutinizedâ€•inthe home, school, and workplace; by the state, the press, and marketing firms, corporations andpsychologists, data aggregators and algorithmsâ€¦Her book canâ€¦help us better understand ourown debates over privacy today.â€•â€•Katrina Forrester, Harperâ€sâ€œA masterful study ofprivacy in the United States.â€•â€•Sue Halpern, New York Review of Booksâ€œEngaging andwide-rangingâ€¦Igoâ€s analysis of state surveillance from the New Deal through Watergate isremarkably thorough and insightful.â€•â€•Katie Fitzpatrick, The Nationâ€œA highly readable newhistory of privacy in America [that] offers insight into the ways attitudes have evolved as differentforms of identification, and different expectations of privacy, have emerged.â€•â€•Katrina Gulliver,Reasonâ€œLuminousâ€¦ For a century and a half, people in this country have been arguing athigh volume about privacyâ€¦ Today, we are watched as never before, through surreptitiousgovernmental data collection and through corporate profiles of our desires and habits. Yet we alsodivulge private matters aggressively, seeking freedom through publicity.â€•â€•Dissentâ€œMonumentalâ€¦In vigorous, smooth-flowing prose, case by case and landmark by landmark,Igo tells this story with an authority and insight no previous comprehensive account hasachievedâ€¦The Known Citizen is the best history yet to appear of the long road leading to thatunprecedented privacy crisis, and she concludes by observing that no matter how altered themodern landscape is, we cannot do without privacy.â€•â€•Steve Donoghue, Open Letters Reviewâ€œWhile most studies of privacy dwell on laws, court decisions, and other regulations, thepremise of Igoâ€s book is that we might gain a better vantage point if we think about privacy as
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