Feb. 26--A New American "Identity Crisis":The Crisis of "Independence" I

1. The Second "Identity Crisis"--"The War"
   1. The Triumph of "Free Labor"
   2. The Freed Slaves--How Free?
      1. The Hollow Promise of "Independence"
      2. A Shift in the American Ideology--"Blaming the Victim"
2. The Third "Identity Crisis"--The Dream Fading
   1. The Harmony of "Freedom" and "Progress"
      1. Growth as Precondition to "Independence"
      2. The Machine as Aid to "Independence"
         1. The Apotheosis of the Inventor--"Yankee Ingenuity"
         2. The Expositions of 1876 and 1893--The Machine as Symbol--"The Dynamo and the Virgin" (Henry Adams)
   2. The Machine as Threat to "Independence"--NEXT