L. B. Richardson and F. M. Anderson of Dartmouth College have read the entire manuscript. Officials at the Dartmouth College Library, the Columbia University Library, and the Library of Congress gave me especial facilities for work. Two college generations of students at Dartmouth have suffered me to try out on them the arrangement of the chapters as well as the contents of the text. Harper and Bros. allowed me to use a map appearing in Ogg, National Progress, and D. Appleton and Co. have permitted the use of maps appearing in Johnson and Van Metre, Principles of Railroad Transportation; A. J. Nystrom and Co. and the McKinley Publishing Co. have allowed me to draw new maps on outlines copyrighted by them. At all points I have had the counsel of my wife and of Professor Max Farrand of Yale University. CHARLES R. LINGLEY. Dartmouth College, June 14, 1920. CONTENTS RECONSTRUCTION AND ITS AFTERMATH ECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS OF THE NEW ERA 32 55 78 MAPS AND DIAGRAMS The growth of the United States from 1776 to 1867 . Relative prices, 1865 to 1890 The New West . Railroad mileage, 1860 to 1910, in thousands of miles 195 . 197 . 199 Financial operations, 1875 to 1897, in millions of dollars 330 Total silver coinage, 1878 to 1894, in millions of dollars 337 Net gold in the treasury, by months, January, 1893, to February, 1896, in millions of dollars The presidential election of 1896 The Philippines The chief foreign elements in the population of the United States. The cost of food, 1900 to 1912 Morgan-Hill railroads as listed shortly after 1900 . 346 375 391 394 . 396 425 429 433 Strength of the American Expeditionary Force, July 1, 595 1917, to November 1, 1918. 597 The United States-1920 . . 602 The cost of food, January, 1913, to January, 1920 . 605 |