Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. Abbreviations xvii
5. Chapter 1. The Way West 1682–1826 1
6. Chapter 2. Commonwealth 1826–1846 36
7. Chapter 3. Community 1846 75
8. Chapter 4. Enterprise, 1846–1852 105
9. Chapter 5. Executive, 1852–1857 150
10. Chapter 6. Coordination, 1857–1860 192
11. Chapter 7. Expansion, 1850–1868 241
12. Chapter 8. Conflict 1860–1868 284
13. Chapter 9. Empire, 1868–1876 326
14. Chapter 10. Connections, 1865–1873 400
15. Chapter 11. Limits, 1874–1877 448
16. Chapter 12. Order, 1877–1899 493
17. Chapter 13. System, 1889–1929 557
18. Chapter 14. Regulation, 1899–1910 625
19. Chapter 15. Terminus, 1917 704
20. Notes 811
21. Index 923
22. Acknowledgments 943