Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. List of Illustrations and Maps ix
4. Preface xi
5. Acknowledgments xvii
6. PART I. REHABILITATING THE AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS
7. CHAPTER ONE. Rethinking the Middle Class 1
8. CHAPTER TWO. Curt Muller and the Capitalist Middle Class Social Misconstructions Of Reality 18
9. CHAPTER THREE. Harry Lane and the Radicalism of Middle-Class Reform 29
10. PART II. The Populist Political Economy of Progressive Era Portland
11. CHAPTER FOUR. The Contours of Class in Portland 47
12. CHAPTER FIVE. Capitalism, Anticapitalism, and the Solidarity of Middle Class and Working Class 74
13. CHAPTER SIX. Petit Bourgeois Politics in Portland and World History 90
14. CHAPTER SEVEN. Will Daly 99
15. PART III. “The Most Complete Democracy in the World”
16. CHAPTER EIGHT. Direct Democracy as Antidemocracy? 115
17. CHAPTER NINE. Direct Democracy’s Mechanic 127
18. CHAPTER TEN. From the Grand Reorganization to a Syndicalism of Housewives 138
19. CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Political Economy of Populist Democracy 159
20. PART IV. A Populism of the Body
21. CHAPTER TWELVE. A Deluded Mob of Ignorant Fools? 177
22. CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Shutting Down the Schools 191
23. CHAPTER FOURTEEN. From the Death of a Child to Sedition Against the State 197
24. CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Direct Democracy and Antivaccination 207
25. CHAPTER SIXTEEN. The Success and Radicalism of Antivaccination 218
26. PART V. The Uses of Populism after Progressivism
27. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. School Boards and Strikes 221
28. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Liberal Populism 227
29. CHAPTER NINETEEN. Corporate Tools 234
30. CHAPTER TWENTY. The Producer’s Call and the Portland Housewives’ Council 248
31. PART VI. Conclusion
32. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE. The Lower Middle Class in the American Century 255
33. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO. The Fate of Populism 266
34. Appendix 1 279
35. Appendix 2 291
36. Abbreviations 293
37. Notes 295
38. Index 381
39. Backmatter 395