I. Brass Valley. 1. A Century of Buttons. 2. The Secret of Progress. 3. A Changing City. 4. Graphs and Circulars. 5. Workers and the Middle Class -- II. Fuses and Profits. 1. A Difficult Order. 2. Health Is the Main Thing. 3. The Scovill Girls. 4. A Family. 5. Suggestion Box -- III. The Last War. 1. A Quiet State? 2. Flags and Uniforms. 3. Hiring, Transferring, Firing. 4. Patriots and Spies. 5. The Other Army. 6. A Responsible Company -- IV. The Roaring Twenties. 1. The Great Epidemic. 2. Everybody Go Home. 3. A Sea of Paper. 4. The Red Scare. 5. The Psychology of "lo sciopero" 6. Recession, Vacations, Muscle Consciousness
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-181) and index