Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Preface xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Part 1. The American Journey
7. One. Thoughts about America 11
8. Two. The Land of Immigrants 25
9. Three. Capitalism 39
10. Four. Science and World Culture 54
11. Five. Remnants of Romanticism 73
12. Six. The Color Line 98
13. Seven. Different Ways of Life 117
14. Nine. American Modernity 161
15. Ten. Interpretation of the Experience 181
16. Part 2. The Work in America
17. Eleven. The Discovery of the Author 197
18. Twelve. The Creation of the Sacred Text 211
19. Thirteen. The Invention of the Theory 229
20. Appendix 1: Max and Marianne Weber’s Itinerary for the American Journey in 1904 253
21. Appendix 2. Max Weber, Selected Correspondence with American Colleagues, 1904–5 257
22. Archives and Collections Consulted 267
23. Bibliographic Notes 269
24. Index 305