Table of Contents
- Frontmatter
- Introduction (HENRY STEELE COMMAGER)
- 1. What is an American? (MICHEL-GUILLAUME JEAN DE CRÈVECOEUR, page 25)
- 2. Why the Americans Are a Happy People (JACQUES PIERRE BRISSOT DE WARVILLE, page 39)
- 3. The Material Well-Being of the Americans (WILLIAM COBBETT, page 42)
- 4. "Ten Years in America Are Like a Century Elsewhere" (FRANCIS LIEBER, page 50)
- 5. The Pervasive Influence of Democracy (ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE, page 54)
- 6. Eccentricity and Originality in the American Character (HARRIET MARTINEAU, page 82)
- 7. The American Idiom and American Prudery (FREDERICK MARRYAT, page 87)
- 8. Religion and Morality Preside Over Their Councils (FRANCIS J. GRUND, page 91)
- 9. It Would Be Well If They Loved the Real Less and the Ideal More (CHARLES DICKENS, page 100)
- 10. Every American Is an Apostle of the Democratic Creed (ALEXANDER MACKAY, page 108)
- 11. Social Life and Customs of the Frontier (OLE MUNCH RAEDER, page 120)
- 12. American Notions of Aristocracy (THOMAS COLLEY GRATTAN, page 125)
- 13. The British and American Characters Compared (FRANCIS AND THERESE PULSZKY, page 136)
- 14. Over Diversity There Broods a Higher Unity (PHILIP SCHAFF, page 142)
- 15. The Practical Genius of the American (ADAM G. DE GUROWSKI, page 148)
- 16. Your Constitution Is All Sail and No Anchor (THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, page 159)
- 17.God Made America for the Poor (EDWARD DICEY, page 165)
- 18. An English Workingman Takes a Dim View of American Women (JAMES D. BURN, page 171)
- 19. America Is Not Interesting (MATTHEW ARNOLD, page 178)
- 20. The Faults and Strength of American Democracy (JAMES BRYCE, page 187)
- 21. High Society at Newport (PAUL BOURGET, page 215)
- 22. The American Is an Electric Anglo-Saxon (GEORGE WARRINGTON STEEVENS, page 226)
- 23. A Philosopher Explains the American Passion for Money (HUGO MUNSTERBERG, page 232)
- 24. Is America a Young or a Dying Nation? (GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON, page 239)
- 25. America Combines the Best Traits of Old-World Nations (COUNT VAY DE VAYA, page 243)
- 26. The American at Home and in His Club (GEORGE BIRMINGHAM, page 247)
- 27. The Sentimentality, Kindness and Innocence of the Americans (WALTER LIONEL GEORGE, page 252)
- 28. Americans Are Boys (SALVADOR DE MADARIAGA, page 261)
- 29. The Mechanization and Standardization of American Life (RICHARD MÜLLER-FREIENFELS, page 272)
- 30. Love in America (RAOUL DE ROUSSY DE SALES, page 280)
- 31. A Chinese View of the American Character (NO YONG-PARK (PAO), page 291)
- 32. Capitalism Nurtures America in Spiritual Lassitude (ILYA ILF AND EUGENE PETROV, page 297)
- 33. The Homeliness and Friendliness of the Americans (JOHN BUCHAN, page 305)
- 34. A Cambridge Professor Celebrates the American Public School (DENIS W. BROGAN, page 310)
- 35. The American Believes in Tomorrow (VICTOR VINDE, page 321)
- Bibliography (page 334)