Pt. I. Factors in economic prograss
Conditions of economic development
Pt. II. The Colonial Period. Exploration and settlement
Colonial industries and regulations
Pt. III. Founding of the national industrial system, 1789-1866
Formation of the Constitution and the immediate results
Growth of population and extension of the national domain
Products of field, forest, and mine
Foreign and domestic commerce
Social and political conditions
Pt. IV. Expansion of national industries, 1860-1930
Population and new territory
Extractive industries: mining and quarrying
Extractive industries: Lumbering and fishing
Agriculture: I, government encouragement
Agriculture: II, development of the industry
Growth of manufactures: I, general features
Manufactures: II, growth of certain industries
Manufactures: III, the combination movement
Manufactures: IV, Labor problems; the tariff.
Commercial development: I, means of communication
Commercial development: II, money and banking
Commercial development: III, commercial organization
Socialization of American institutions
Economic progress: summary and conclusion.
