Crowds

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Dedication
Contents
Book One Crowds and Machines
Chapter I. Where are We Going?
Chapter II. The Crowd Scare
Chapter III. The Machine Scare
Chapter IV. The Strike-An Invention for Making Crowds Think
Chapter V. The Crowd-Man—An Invention for Making Crowds See
Chapter VI. The Imagination of Crowds
Chapter VII. Imagination about the Unseen
Chapter VIII. The Crowd's Imagination about the Future
Chapter IX. The Crowd's Imagination about People
Chapter X. A Democratic Theory of Human Nature
Chapter XI. Doing as One Would Wish One had Done in Twenty Years
Chapter XII. New Kinds and New Sizes of Men
Book Two Letting the Crowd be Good
Chapter I. Speaking as One of the Crowd
Chapter II. Is it Wrong for Good People to be Efficient?
Chapter III. Is it Wrong for Good People to be Interesting?
Chapter IV. Prospects of the Liar
Chapter V. Prospects of the Bully
Chapter VI. Goodness as a Crowd-Process
Chapter VII. Thoughts on being Improved by Other People
Chapter VIII. Making Goodness Hurry
Chapter IX. Touching the Imagination of Crowds
Chapter X. The Stupendous, the Unusual, the Monotonous, and the Successful
Chapter XI. The Successful
Chapter XII. The Necks of the Wicked
Chapter XIII. Is it Wrong for Good People to be Successful?
Chapter XIV. Is it Second-Rate for Good People to be Successful?
Chapter XV. The Successful Temperament
Chapter XVI. The Men Ahead Pull
Chapter XVII. The Crowds Push
Chapter XVIII. The Man Who Says How, Says How
Chapter XIX. And the Machine Starts
Book Three Letting the Crowd be Beautiful
Part I. Wistful Millionaires
Chapter I. Mr. Carnegie Speaks Up
Chapter II. Mr. Carnegie Tries to Make People Read
Chapter III. Mr. Nobel Tries to Make People Write
Chapter IV. Paper Books, Marble Pillars, and Wooden Boys
Chapter V. The Humdrum Factory and the Tumty-Tum Theatre
Part II. Iron-Machines
Chapter I. Steeples and Chimneys
Chapter II. Bells and Wheels
Chapter III. Dew and Engines
Chapter IV. Dead as a Door Nail!
Chapter V. An Oxford Man and an Inch of Iron
Chapter VI. The Machines' Machines
Chapter VII. The Men's Machines
Chapter VIII. The Basement of the World
Chapter IX. The Ground-Floor Folks
Chapter X. The Machine-Trainers
Chapter XI. Machines, Crowds, and Artists
Part III. People-Machines
Chapter I. Now!
Chapter II. Committees and Committees
Chapter III. The Inconvenience of being Human
Chapter IV. Letting the Crowd have People in it
Book Four Crowds and Heroes
Chapter I. The Socialist and the Hero
Chapter II. The Crowd and the Hero
Chapter III. The Crowd and the Average Person
Chapter IV. The Crowd and Pierpont Morgan
Chapter V. The Crowd and Tom Mann
Chapter VI. An Opening for the Next Pierpont Morgan
Chapter VII. An Opening for the Next Tom Mann
Chapter VIII. The Men Who Look
Chapter IX. Who is Afraid?
Chapter X. Rules for Telling a Hero-When One Sees One
Chapter XI. The Technique of Courage
Chapter XII. The Men Who Want Things
Chapter XIII. The Men Who Get Things
Chapter XIV. Toleration
Chapter XV. Conversion
Chapter XVI. Exception
Chapter XVII. Invention
Chapter XVIII. The Man Who Pulls the World Together
Chapter XIX. The Man Who Stands by
Chapter XX. The Strike of the Saviours
Chapter XXI. The League of the Men Who are Not Afraid
Book Five Good News and Hard Work
Part I. News and Labour
Part II. News and Money
Part III. News and Government
Chapter I. Oxford Street and the House of Commons
Chapter II. Oxford Street Hums, the House Hems
Chapter III. President Wilson and Moses
Chapter IV. The President Says "Yes" and "No"
Chapter V. The President Says "Look!"
Chapter VI. The People Say "Who are You?"
Chapter VII. The People Say "Who are We?"
Chapter VIII. News about Us to the President
Chapter IX. News-Men
Chapter X. American Temperament and Government
Chapter XI. News-Books-I
Chapter XII. News-Books-II
Chapter XIII. News-Papers
Chapter XIV. News-Machines
Chapter XV. News-Crowds
Chapter XVI. Crowd-Men
Epilogue