Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Aknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations and manuscript citations xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Dorothy Whitney and Willard Straight 31
7. 2. Mary Ritter and Charles Beard 61
8. 3. Lucy Sprague and Wesley Clair Mitchell 91
9. 4. War and the Progressive Family 123
10. 5. The Narrative of Progress versus the Logic of Events 155
11. Epilogue: The Rise and Fall of The Rise of American Civilization; or, A Further Parable on the Narrative of Progress and the Logic of Events 179
12. Notes 189
13. Works cited 219
14. Index 231