Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VII
3. Contents XI
4. Illustrations XII
5. I. Early Years 1
6. II. Education, Marriage, and a Job 12
7. III. The Wisconsin Soil 32
8. IV. The Legislative Reference Library: Its Beginnings 41
9. V. The Legislative Reference Library: Buttress of Democracy 54
10. VI. The Legislative Reference Library: New Methods and Materials 62
11. VII. A Political Blitzkrieg against McCarthy 72
12. VIII. McCarthy’s Personal Influence on Legislation 90
13. IX. The Legislative Reference Library and Progressive Legislation 109
14. X. Good Laws, Good Administration, and the Judges 125
15. XI. The State Board of Public Affairs 140
16. XII. Charles McCarthy, the Bull Moose, and Theodore Roosevelt 157
17. XIII. Better Business, Better Farming, Better Living 175
18. XIV. The Federal Commission on Industrial Relations 189
19. XV. The War Years 207
20. XVI. Two Extraneous Episodes 226
21. XVII. The University of Wisconsin and University Extension 236
22. XVIII. The Continuation School: the Educationally Disinherited 260
23. XIX. The Significance of McCarthy 277
24. Appendices
25. I. University Extension: Memorandum to President Van Hise, 1906 289
26. II. University Extension and Vocational Training: Plan proposed to President Van Hise, 1910 293
27. III. The La Follette Political Platform: Letter to William Draper Lewis, July 12, 1912 297
28. IV. On the Investigation of the Steel Strike: Letter to Luke Grant, September 28, 1914 299
29. V. On Irish Agricultural Organization: Letter to Charles W. Holman, June 5, 1915 302
30. VI. Academic Record of Charles McCarthy 304
31. Index 307