Introduction 3
Ⅰ The Agrarian Myth and Commercial Realities 23
1 THE YEOMAN AND THE MYTH 23
2 THE FARMER AND THE REALTITES 36
3 THE FRONTIER OR THE MARKET？ 46
Ⅱ The Folklore of Populism 60
1 THE TWO NATIONS 60
2 HISTORY AS CONSPIRACY 70
3 THE SPIRIT MILITANT 82
Ⅲ From Pathos to Parity 94
1 SUCCESS THROUGH FAILURE 94
2 THE GOLDEN AGE AND AFTER 109
3 THE VANISHING HAYSEED 121
Ⅳ The Status Revolution and Progressive Leaders 131
1 THE PLUTOCRACY AND THE MUGWUMP TYPE 131
2 THE ALIENATION OF THE PROFESSIONALS 148
3 FROM THE MUGWUMP TO THE PROGRESSIVE 164
Ⅴ The Progressive Impulse 174
1 THE URBAN SCENE 174
2 MUCKRAKING：THE REVOLUTION IN JOURNALISM 186
3 REALITY AND RESPONSIBILITY 198
Ⅵ The Struggle over Organization 215
1 ORGANIZATION AND THE INDIVIDUAL 215
2 THE STATE AND THE TRUSTS 227
3 THE CITIZEN AND THE MACHINE 257
Ⅶ From Progressivism to the New Deal 272
1 PROGRESSIVISM AND WAR 272
2 ENTR＇ACTE 282
3 THE NEW DEPARTURE 302
4 THE NEW OPPORTUNISM 316
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 329
INDEX 330