The agrarian myth and commercial realities. The yeoman and the myth ; The farmer and the realities ; The frontier or the market?
The folklore of populism. The two nations ; History as conspiracy ; The spirit militant
From pathos to parity. Success through failure ; The golden age and after ; The vanishing hayseed
The status revolution and progressive leaders. The plutocracy and the Mugwump type ; The alienation of the professionals ; From the Mugwump to the progressive
The progressive impulse. The urban scene ; Muckraking : the revolution in journalism ; Reality and responsibility
The struggle over organization. Organization and the individual ; The state and the trusts ; The citizen and the machine
From progressivism to the New Deal. Progressivism and war ; Entr'acte ; The new departure ; The new opportunism.