1. The scholar: History -- Edward Eggleston: evolution of a historian -- An American historian looks at science and technology -- Political mobs and the American Revolution, 1765-1776 -- The lost meaning of "the pursuit of happiness" -- Was Olmsted an unbiased critic of the South? -- 2. The citizen: The new tyranny -- The true American way of life -- War and peace in American history -- Do we have national unity? -- Extremism in American politics.
