Looking back : differing perceptions of the Civil War -- Can Americans reform their society and economic system? -- The philanthropic impulse : helping people in a democracy -- What role for the Negro in American society? -- Pacifism and militarism : is peace best preserved through military preparedness? -- Can industrialization be efficient and humane? The conflict over scientific management -- Americanization versus cultural pluralism -- Birth control : nay and yea -- The Scopes trial : evolution versus Scriptural Christianity -- Do women want national prohibition? -- The quality of American culture compared to other cultures : two views -- Internationalism versus isolationism : entering World War II -- The experience of jazz : provenance and performance -- America on film : distorted images and dismal prospects? -- The Supreme Court in a democratic polity : activism versus restraint -- Environmentalism and its critics -- Blacks in America : integration or separatism? Nonviolence or militance? -- The role of journalists in Vietnam -- Women and work : differences of class and race.
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