Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Abbreviations xv
5. Introduction xvii
6. PART I. The Making of a Radical, 1839–1879
7. 1. “To Be Something and Somebody in the World” 1
8. 2. “Poverty Enslaves Men We Boast Are Political Sovereigns”: Progress and Poverty and Henry George’s Republicanism 33
9. PART II. The Emergence of “New Political Forces,” 1880–1885
10. 3. “New York Is an Immense City”: The Empire City in the Early 1880s 69
11. 4. “Radically and Essentially the Same”: Irish American Nationalism and American Labor 97
12. 5. “Labor Built This Republic, Labor Shall Rule It” 128
13. PART III. The Great Upheaval, 1886–1887
14. 6. “The Country Is Drifting into Danger” 169
15. 7. “To Save Ourselves from Ruin” 201
16. 8. “Your Party Will Go Into Pieces” 240
17. Epilogue 277
18. Notes 283
19. Index 329