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VOLUME I
Preface to the Edition of 1910
Dates of Some Remarkable Events in the History of the North American Colonies and United States
Area, Population, and Date of Admission of the States
3 The Origin of the Constitution
4 Nature of the Federal Government
6 Presidential Powers and Duties
7 Observations on the Presidency
8 Why Great Men Are Not Chosen Presidents
11 The Senate as an Executive and Judicial Body
12 The Senate: Its Working and Influence
13 The House of Representatives
18 The Relations of the Two Houses
19 General Observations on Congress
20 The Relations of Congress to the President
21 The Legislature and the Executive
23 The Courts and the Constitution
25 Comparison of the American and European Systems
26 General Observations on the Frame of National Government
28 Working Relations of the National and the State Governments
29 Criticism of the Federal System
30 Merits of the Federal System
Supplementary Note on the Federal System
31 Growth and Development of the Constitution
32 The Amendment of the Constitution
33 The Interpretation of the Constitution
34 The Development of the Constitution by Usage
35 The Results of Constitutional Development
36 Nature of the American State
38 The Development of State Constitutions
39 Direct Legislation by the People
40 State Governments: The Legislature
42 The State Judiciary
43 State Finance
44 The Working of State Governments
Note on Recent Tendencies of Legislation
45 Remedies for the Faults of State Governments
46 State Politics
Note on Developments in State Government
47 The Territories
48 Local Government
49 Observations on Local Government
50 The Government of Cities
51 The Working of City Governments
52 An American View of Municipal Government in the United States
Appendix
On Constitutional Conventions
What the Federal Constitution Owes to the Constitutions of the Several States
Extracts from the Rules of the Senate
Private Bills
The Lobby
Constitution of the Confederate States, 1861–65
The Federal Constitution of Canada
The Dartmouth College Case
Articles of Confederation, 1781–88
Constitution of the United States
Extracts from the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma
Extracts from the Constitution of the State of California
VOLUME II
PART III
The Party System
53 Political Parties and Their History
54 The Parties of Today
55 Composition of the Parties
56 Further Observations on the Parties
57 The Politicians
58 Why the Best Men Do Not Go Into Politics
59 Party Organizations
60 The Machine
Note on Recent Legislation Regarding Primaries
61 What the Machine Has to Do
62 How the Machine Works
63 Rings and Bosses
64 Local Extension of Rings and Bosses
65 Spoils
66 Elections and Their Machinery
67 Corruption
68 The War Against Bossdom
69 Nominating Conventions
70 The Nominating Convention at Work
71 The Presidential Campaign
72 The Issues in Presidential Elections
73 Further Observations on Nominations and Elections
74 Types of American Statesmen
75 What the People Think of It
Note on the Party System
PART IV
Public Opinion
76 The Nature of Public Opinion
77 Government by Public Opinion
78 How Public Opinion Rules in America
79 Organs of Public Opinion
80 National Characteristics as Moulding Public Opinion
81 Classes as Influencing Opinion
82 Local Types of Opinion—East, West, and South
83 The Action of Public Opinion
84 The Tyranny of the Majority
85 The Fatalism of the Multitude
86 Wherein Public Opinion Fails
87 Wherein Public Opinion Succeeds
PART V
Illustrations and Reflections
88 The Tammany Ring in New York City
89 The Philadelphia Gas Ring
90 Kearneyism in California
Epilogue to This and the Two Last Preceding Chapters
91 The Home of the Nation
92 The Latest Phase of Immigration
93 The South Since the War
94 Present and Future of the Negro
95 Further Reflections on the Negro Problem
96 Foreign Policy and Territorial Extension
97 The New Transmarine Dominions
98 Laissez Faire
99 Woman Suffrage
100 The Supposed Faults of Democracy
101 The True Faults of American Democracy
102 The Strength of American Democracy
103 How Far American Experience Is Available for Europe
PART VI
Social Institutions
104 The Bar
105 The Bench
106 Railroads
107 Wall Street
108 The Universities and Colleges
109 Further Observations on the Universities
110 The Churches and the Clergy
111 The Influence of Religion
112 The Position of Women
113 Equality
114 The Influence of Democracy on Thought
115 Creative Intellectual Power
116 The Relation of the United States to Europe
117 The Absence of a Capital
118 American Oratory
119 The Pleasantness of American Life
120 The Uniformity of American Life
121 The Temper of the West
122 The Future of Political Institutions
123 Social and Economic Future
Appendix I
Explanation (by Mr. G. Bradford) of the Nominating Machinery and Its Procedure in the State of Massachusetts
Remarks by Mr. Denis Kearney on “Kearneyism in California”
Appendix II
“The Predictions of Hamilton and de Tocqueville,” by James Bryce
Appendix III
“Bryce’s American Commonwealth: A Review,” by Woodrow Wilson
Appendix IV
“Review of The American Commonwealth,” by Lord Acton
Index
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