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The Future in America


The Future in America: A Search After Realities was published in 1906. It's fascinating reading from a modern political and cultural context. Visit American History in Literature.

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Chapter I - The Prophetic Habit of Mind

Chapter II - Material Progress

Chapter III - New York

Chapter IV - Growth Invincible

Chapter V - The Economic Process

Chapter VI - Some Aspects of American Wealth

Chapter VII - Certain Workers

Chapter VIII - Corruption

Chapter IX - The Immigrants

Chapter X - State-Blindness

Chapter XI - Two Studies in Disappointment

Chapter XII - The Tragedy of Color

Chapter XIII - The Mind of a Modern State

Chapter XIV - Culture

Chapter XV - At Washington

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