Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Preface xv
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. The Ultimatum 7
7. 2. Shifting Paradigms 15
8. 3. A Parliament of Fears 33
9. 4. Listen, Old Man, What in Hell’s Gone Wrong Here? 47
10. 5. Revolutions, Real and Imagined 71
11. 6. The Leap into the Dark 89
12. 7. The Furniture of the World 109
13. 8. Avatars of Progress 131
14. 9. The Contest of Interpretation 149
15. Epilogue 169
16. Acknowledgments 175
17. Cast of Characters 177
18. Bibliography 186
19. Index 201