CONTENTS:

PART I: THE COMPLETION OF RECONSTRUCTION
1. RECONSTRUCTION – SOUTHERN STYLE
2. RAILROADS AND INDUSTRIAL COMBINATIONS
3. THE COUNTERORGANIZATION OF LABOR
4. WESTERN AND SOUTHERN BACKGROUNDS OF AGRARIAN DISCONTENT
5. SCIENTIFIC, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

PART II: FROM THE BLOODY SHIRT TO REAL ISSUES
6. REPUBLICAN TRANSITION: HAYES, GARFIELD, AND ARTHUR
7. GROVER CLEVELAND, "AN UGLY-HONEST MAN"
8. THE ELECTION AND ADMINISTRATION OF BENJAMIN HARRISON
9. THE EMBATTLED FARNERS
10. THE SECOND ADMINISTRATION OF GROVER CLEVELAND

PART III: ADVENTURES IN IMPERIALISM AND WORLD POLITICS
12. FOREIGN AFFAIRS, 1877-1898
13. THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
14. THE AMERICAN EMPIRE
15. THE UNITED STATES AS A WORLD POWER

PART IV: THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
16. THE SQUARE DEAL
17. TAFT AND ROOSEVELT POLICIES
18. WOODROW WILSON AND REFORM

PART V: WORLD WAR I
19. AMERICA AS A NEUTRAL
20. THE UNITED STATES GOES TO WAR
21. THE HOME FRONT
22. THE FIGHTING FRONT
23. PROBLEMS OF PEACE AND RECONSTRUCTION

PART VI: PROSPERITY AND DEPRESSION
24. THE ROARING TWENTIES
25. SOCIAL AND INTELLECTUAL CROSS-CURRENTS
26. CHANGING POLICIES IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS, 1920-1933
27. PANIC AND WORLD DEPRESSION

PART VII: THE NEW DEAL
28. THE NEW DEAL: FIRST PHASE
29. THE NEW DEAL: SECOND PHASE
30. THE NEW DEAL AND FOREIGN POLICY

PART VII: WORLD WAR II AND THE SEARCH FOR PEACE
31. PARTICIPATING IN GLOBAL WAR
32. THE HOME FRONT IN WARTIME AND AFTER
33. AMERICA AND THE CRISIS OF PEACE
34. FAIR DEAL. COLD WAR, AND KOREA

PART IX: MID-CENTURY DECADE
35. THE MIDDLE ROAD: THE EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATIONS
36. CONTEMPORARY AMERICA