A Moving-Picture of Democracy
Table of Contents
Book One
Crowds and Machines
Chapter [Original Page]
I. Where Are We Going? [3]
II. The Crowd Scare [19]
III. The Machine Scare [34]
IV. The Strike — An Invention For Making Crowds Think [49]
V. The Crowd-Man — An Invention For Making Crowds See [58]
VI. The Imagination Of Crowds [65]
VII. Imagination About The Unseen [66]
VIII. The Crowd's Imagination About The Future [69]
IX. The Crowd's Imagination About People [74]
X. A Democratic Theory Of Human Nature [76]
XI. Doing As One Would Wish One Had Done In Twenty Years [80]
XII. New Kinds And New Sizes Of Men [86]
Book Two
Letting The Crowds Be Good
I. Speaking As One Of The Crowd [93]
II. Is It Wrong For Good People To Be Efficient? [96]
III. Is It Wrong For Good People To Be Interesting? [103]
IV. Prospects Of The Liar [107]
V. Prospects Of The Bully [111]
VI. Goodness As A Crowd-Process [114]
VII. Thoughts On Being Improved By Other People [116]
VIII. Making Goodness Hurry [125]
IX. Touching The Imagination Of Crowds [128]
X. The Stupendous, The Unusual, The Monotonous And The Successful [142]
XI. The Successful [146]
XII. The Necks Of The Wicked [154]
XIII. Is It Wrong For Good People To Be Successful? [163]
XIV. Is It Second Rate For Good People To Be Successful? [167]
XV. The Successful Temperament [173]
XVI. The Men Ahead Pull [178]
XVII. The Crowds Push [184]
XVIII. The Man Who Says How, Says How [186]
XIX. And The Machine Starts! [194]
Book Three
Letting The Crowd Be Beautiful
Part I. Wistful Millionaires
I. Mr. Carnegie Speaks Up [205]
II. Mr. Carnegie Tries To Make People Read [208]
III. Mr. Nobel Tries To Make People Write [211]
IV. Paper Books, Marble Pillars, And Wooden Boys [221]
V. The Humdrum Factory And The Tumpty-Tum Theatre [227]
Part II. Iron Machines
I. Steeples And Chimneys [236]
II. Bells And Wheels [240]
III. Dew And Engines [243]
IV. Dead As A Door Nail! [245]
V. An Oxford Man And An Inch Of Iron [248]
VI. The Machines' Machines [250]
VII. The Men's Machines [252]
VIII. The Basement Of The World [256]
IX. The Ground Floor Folks [262]
X. The Machine-Trainers [266]
XI. Machines, Crowd, And Artists [269]
Part III. People-Machines
I. Now! [280]
II. Committees And Committees [283]
III. The Inconvenience Of Being Human [286]
IV. Letting The Crowd Have People In It [290]
Book Four
Crowds And Heroes
I. The Socialist And The Hero [297]
II. The Crowd And The Hero [301]
III. The Crowd And The Average Person [303]
IV. The Crowd And Pierpont Morgan [307]
V. The Crowd And Tom Mann [313]
VI. An Opening For The Next Pierpont Morgan [323]
VII. An Opening For The Next Tom Mann [327]
VIII. The Men Who Look [331]
IX. Who Is Afraid? [337]
X. Rules For Telling A Hero — When One Sees One [343]
XI. The Technique Of Courage [346]
XII. The Men Who Want Things [349]
XIII. Men Who Get Things [356]
XIV. Sources Of Courage For Others — Toleration [364]
XV. Conversion [371]
XVI. Exception [380]
XVII. Invention [383]
XVIII. The Man Who Pulls The World Together [397]
XIX. The Man Who Stands By [400]
XX. The Strike Of The Saviours [402]
XXI. The League Of The Men Who Are Not Afraid [404]
Book Five
Good News And Hard Work
Part I. News And Labour [413]
Part II. News And Money [422]
Part III. News And Government
I. Oxford Street And The House Of Commons [431]
II. Oxford Street Hums, The House Hems [440]
III. President Wilson And Moses [449]
IV. The President Says Yes And No [455]
V. The President Says "Look!" [465]
VI. The People Say "Who Are You?" [469]
VII. The People Say "Who Are We?" [472]
VIII. News About Us To The President [474]
IX. News-Men [476]
X. American Temperament And Government [483]
XI—XII. News-Books [505-513]
XIII. Newspapers [517]
XIV. News-Machines [524]
XV. News-Crowds [527]
XVI. Crowd-Men [550]
Epilogue [559]