The Centennial Years: A Political and Economic History of America from the Late 1870s to the Early 1890s

PREFACE Contents ILLUSTRATIONS Chapter I THE NATION’S CENTENNIAL Chapter II THE UNDOING OF RECONSTRUCTION Chapter 111 HAYES AND PARTY DISSENSIONS Chapter IV GARFIELD AND CONFUSION Chapter V ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS Chapter VI TARIFF PROTECTION AND POLITICS Chapter VII THE GROWTH OF MONOPOLIES Chapter VIII THE ELECTION OF 1884 Chapter IX CLEVELAND AND RESPECTABILITY Chapter X FINANCIAL AND AGRARIAN PROBLEMS MERCHANTS OF NOTE PROMINENT CAPITALISTS AND THEIR ASSOCIATES RAILROAD PRESIDENTS Chapter XI THE FARMERS Chapter XII THE BIRTH PANGS OF LABOR Chapter XIII INDUSTRIAL STRIFE, 1877-90 Chapter XIV INVENTION AND INDUSTRY ADVOCATES OF VIOLENCE IN LABOR DISPUTES THEIR EXECUTIONERS Chapter XV TRADE AND TRANSPORTATION POSTSCRIPT NOTES POSTSCRIPT BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX