Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-266) and index.
Contents
ch. 1. In the beginning: 1637 to 1840 -- ch. 2. "Let facts be submitted to a candid world": 1840-1848 -- ch. 3. "Spirit of a snake" and the spirit of success: 1848 to 1860 -- ch. 4. Battle cry of freedom: 1860 to 1876 -- ch. 5. Hour not yet: 1871 to 1888 -- ch. 6. Century turns; the movement turns: 1881 to 1912 -- ch. 7. Longest labor ends: 1912 to 1920.