I. Introduction -- II. The Social Analysis of poltical history -- 1. history as human behavior -- 2. the social analysis of american political history, 1880-1920 -- 3. new possibilities for american political history: the social analysis of political life -- 4. a systematic social history -- 5. social structure in the new urban history -- III. The Emergence of Modern Political Society in America -- 6. the politics of reform in municipal government in the progressive era -- 7. conservation and the structure of american politics: the progressive era -- 8. the new organizational society -- 9. modernizing values in the history of the united states -- 10. political parties and the community-society continuum -- 11. the changing political structure of the city in industrial america -- IV. The Setting and Resources for Historical Inquiry -- 12. archival sources for american political history -- 13. quantification in history: the implications and challenges for graduate training -- 14. the use of archives for historical statistical inquiry -- 15. history and the changing university curriculum -- 16. history and genealogy: patterns of change and prospects for cooperation -- V. Epilogue
