Limiting Principle - How Privacy Became a Public Issue

Drawing on rich archival materials and computational research methods, The Limiting Principle provides a deeply original sociological account of the history, social significance, and limitations of privacy in the modern United States.

About the author

Martin Eiermann is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Eiermann
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 19.08.2025
• EAN: 9780231218870
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21887-0
• No. of pages: 360
• Series: The Middle Range Series
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Family & health, United States of America, USA, Family and health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Privacy & Surveillance, Control, privacy and safety in society