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Authors: James MacGregor Burns
American Experiment
James MacGregor Burns
The Vineyard of Liberty
CHAPTER 1
The Strategy of Liberty
PHILADELPHIA: THE CONTINENTAL CAUCUS
CHAPTER 3
The Experiment Begins
PHILADELPHIANS: THE EXPERIMENTERS
THE VENTURES OF THE FIRST DECADE
SHOWDOWN: THE ELECTION OF 1800
CHAPTER 5
Jeffersonian Leadership
“THE EYES OF HUMANITY ARE FIXED ON US”
CHECKMATE: THE FEDERALIST BASTION STANDS
CHAPTER 6
The American Way of War
“THE HURRICANE …NOW BLASTING THE WORLD”
WATERSIDE YANKEES: THE FEDERALISTS AT EBB TIDE
FEDERALISTS: THE TIDE RUNS OUT
CHAPTER 7
The American Way of Peace
ADAMS’ DIPLOMACY AND MONROE’S DICTUM
VIRGINIANS: THE LAST OF THE GENTLEMEN POLITICIANS
THE CHECKING AND BALANCING OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
JUBILEE l826: THE PASSING OF THE HEROES
CHAPTER 8
The Birth of the Machines
FARMS: THE JACKS-OF-ALL-TRADES
FACTORIES: THE LOOMS OF LOWELL
PART III • Liberty and Equality
CHAPTER 9
The Wind from the West
CHAPTER 10
Parties: The People’s Constitution
EQUALITY: THE JACKSONIAN DEMOS
STATE POLITICS: SEEDBED OF PARTY
MAJORITIES: THE FLOWERING OF THE PARTIES
CHAPTER 11
The Majority That Never Was
PART IV • The Empire of Liberty
CHAPTER 12
Whigs: The Business of Politics
CHAPTER 13
The Empire of Liberty
CHAPTER 14
The Culture of Liberty
SCHOOLS: THE “TEMPLES OF FREEDOM”
ABOLITIONISTS: BY TONGUE AND PEN
PART V • Neither Liberty Nor Union
CHAPTER 15
The Ripening Vineyard
“IT WILL RAISE A HELL OF A STORM”
SOUTH CAROLINIANS: THE POWER ELITE
THE FLAG THAT BORE A SINGLE STAR
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
THE CRITICS: IDEAS VS. INTERESTS?
ART: “ALL THAT IS HOLY IS PROFANED”
W
RITING: “VENERABLE IDEAS ARE SWEPT AWAY”
“ALL THAT IS SOLID MELTS INTO AIR”
CHAPTER 9
The Reformation of Economic Power
F
OREIGN 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
“ONCE I BUILT A RAILROAD, MADE IT RUN”
PART I • What Kind of Freedom?
CHAPTER 1
The Crisis of Leadership
“DISCIPLINE AND DIRECTION UNDER LEADERSHIP”?
“LENIN OR CHRIST” OR A PATH BETWEEN?
CHAPTER 3
The Crisis of Majority Rule
COURT-PACKING: THE SWITCH IN TIME
CONGRESS-PURGING: THE BROKEN SPELL
PART II • Strategies of Freedom
THE RAINBOW COALITION EMBATTLED
CHAPTER 5
Cold War: The Fearful Giants
THE DEATH AND LIFE OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
CHAPTER 6
The Imperium of Freedom
