1. John D. Rockefeller: Robber Baron or industrial pioneer? -- 2. Mother Jones: "We have nothing to lose but our chains." -- 3. William Graham Sumner vs. Lester Frank Ward: the intellectual battleground -- 4. William A. Peffer, Prairie Populist -- 5. Alfred Thayer Mahan: apostle of sea power -- 6. Richard Harding Davis: the romantic as journalist -- 7. John Hay: "Echoes of glory and a legacy of duty" -- 8. Louis D. Brandeis: The "People's lawyer" -- 9. Carrie Chapman Catt: progressivism and women's suffrage -- 10. John Muir, nature's evangelist -- 11. William E. Burghardt DuBois: The African-American's dilemma -- 12. Margaret Sanger's crusade for birth control
Progress, poverty, and populists -- John D. Rockefeller : robber baron or industrial pioneer? -- Mother Jones : "we have nothing to lose but our chains" -- William Graham Sumner vs. Lester Frank Ward : the intellectual battleground -- William A. Peffer : prairie populist -- Architects of empire -- Alfred Thayer Mahan : apostle of sea power -- Richard Harding Davis : the romantic as journalist -- John Hay : "echoes of glory and a legacy of duty" -- Progressives -- Louis D. Brandeis : the "people's lawyer" -- Carrie Chapman Catt : progressivism and women's suffrage -- John Muir : nature's evangelist -- William E. Burghardt DuBois : the African-American's dilemma -- Margaret Sanger : crusade for birth control