PART I • The Crisis of Democracy
CHAPTER 1 The War of Liberation
THE SOCIETY OF THE BATTLEFIELD
CHAPTER 2 The Reconstruction of Slavery
PART II • The Business of Democracy
CHAPTER 3 The Forces of Production
INNOVATORS: THE INGENIOUS YANKEES
INVESTORS: EASTERN DOLLARS AND WESTERN RISKS
ENTREPRENEURS: THE CALIFORNIANS
INDUSTRIALISTS: CARNEGIE, ROCKEFELLER, AND THE TWO CAPITALISMS
PHILADELPHIA 1876: THE PROUD EXHIBITORS
CHAPTER 4 The Structure of Classes
UPPER CLASSES: THE NEW RICH AND THE OLD
THE MIDDLE CLASSES: A WOMAN’S WORK
WORKING CLASSES: THE CONDITIONS OF EXISTENCE
SOCIAL CLASS AND SOCIAL OUTCAST
“TOILING MILLIONS NOW ARE WAKING”
THE ALLIANCE: A DEMOCRACY OF LEADERS
CHAPTER 6 The Brokers of Politics
THE OHIOANS: LEADERS AS BROKERS
POLITICS: THE DANCE OF THE ROPEWALKERS
PART III • Progressive Democracy?
CHAPTER 7 The Urban Progressives
CHAPTER 8 The Modernizing Mind
THE CRITICS: IDEAS VS. INTERESTS?
ART: “ALL THAT IS HOLY IS PROFANED”
WRITING: “VENERABLE IDEAS ARE SWEPT AWAY”
“ALL THAT IS SOLID MELTS INTO AIR”
CHAPTER 9 The Reformation of Economic Power
FOREIGN POLICY WITH THE TR BRAND
CHAPTER 10 The Cauldron of Leadership
TAFT, TR, AND THE TWO REPUBLICAN PARTIES
WILSON AND THE THREE DEMOCRATIC PARTIES
MARKETS, MORALITY, AND THE “STAR OF EMPIRE”
OVER HERE: LIBERTY AND DEMOCRACY
CHAPTER 13 The Fight for the League
THE MIRRORED HALLS OF VERSAILLES
1920: THE GREAT AND SOLEMN REJECTION
PART V • The Culture of Democracy
CHAPTER 15 The Commercialized Culture
ENTERTAINMENT AS SPECTATORSHIP
CHAPTER 16 The Vacant Workshop