Feb. 28--A New American "Identity Crisis": The Crisis of "Independence" II

1. Progress and Freedom--Allies or Adversaries?
2. The Transportation Revolution--Railroads
   1. The Railroad as Aid to Individual
      1. Prosperity
      2. Mobility
   2. The Railroad as Threat to Individual
      1. As Plantation--A Permanent, Dependent Work Force
      2. As Financial Corporation
         1. Remote and Invisible Control
         2. Arbitary Power
         3. Money as Ultimate Power
3. The New National Economy
   1. Local Dislocation
   2. Expansion of Industrial Scale--The Industrial Revolution
      1. Fear of the Factory--A Permanent "Dependence"
      2. A Burgeoning American Proletariat
4. John Bartram's Prophecy:
   1. "But doth not ye imagine that the great will, in the course of years, come over here also; for it is the misfortune of all societies everywhere to hear of great men, great rulers, and of great tyrants."
   2. From King George III to Commodore Vanderbilt