ABSTRACT

This book, first published in 1913, examines early twentieth century thinking on crowds and human nature. The imagination of crowds and the desire to be good, to be happy and successful, together with the wish for the new are all considered along with the changes in the politics and industry of the time.

part Book One|96 pages

Crowds and Machines

chapter Chapter I|17 pages

Where are we Going?

chapter Chapter II|16 pages

The Crowd Scare

chapter Chapter III|15 pages

The Machine Scare

chapter Chapter IV|10 pages

The Strike—An Invention for Making Crowds Think

chapter Chapter V|7 pages

The Crowd-Man—An Invention for Making Crowds See

chapter Chapter VI|1 pages

The Imagination of Crowds

chapter Chapter VII|4 pages

Imagination about the Unseen

chapter Chapter VIII|5 pages

The Crowd's Imagination about the Future

chapter Chapter IX|2 pages

The Crowd's Imagination about People

chapter Chapter X|4 pages

A Democratic Theory of Human Nature

chapter Chapter XI|7 pages

Doing as One would Wish One Had Done in Twenty Years

chapter Chapter XII|6 pages

New Kinds and New Sizes of Men

part Book Two|117 pages

Letting the Crowd be Good

chapter Chapter I|3 pages

Speaking as One of the Crowd

chapter Chapter II|7 pages

Is it Wrong for Good People to be Efficient?

chapter Chapter III|4 pages

Is it Wrong for Good People to be Interesting?

chapter Chapter IV|4 pages

Prospects of the Liar

chapter Chapter V|4 pages

Prospects of the Bully

chapter Chapter VI|2 pages

Goodness as a Crowd-Process

chapter Chapter VII|9 pages

Thoughts on Being Improved by Other People

chapter Chapter VIII|3 pages

Making Goodness Hurry

chapter Chapter IX|15 pages

Touching the Imagination of Crowds

chapter Chapter XI|8 pages

The Successful

chapter Chapter XII|10 pages

The Necks of the Wicked

chapter Chapter XIII|5 pages

Is it Wrong for Good People to be Successful?

chapter Chapter XIV|6 pages

Is it Second-Rate for Good People to be Successful?

chapter Chapter XV|6 pages

The Successful Temperament

chapter Chapter XVI|6 pages

The Men Ahead Pull

chapter Chapter XVII|2 pages

The Crowds Push

chapter Chapter XVIII|9 pages

The Man who Says how, Says how

chapter Chapter XIX|8 pages

And the Machine Starts

part Book Three|95 pages

Letting the Crowd be Beautiful

part One|32 pages

Wistful Millionaires

chapter Chapter I|3 pages

Mr. Carnegie Speaks Up

chapter Chapter II|3 pages

Mr. Carnegie Tries to Make People Read

chapter Chapter III|11 pages

Mr. Nobel Tries to Make People Write

chapter Chapter IV|6 pages

Paper Books, Marble Pillars, and Wooden Boys

chapter Chapter V|9 pages

The Humdrum Factory and the Tumty-Tum Theatre

part Two|46 pages

Iron-Machines

chapter Chapter I|4 pages

Steeples and Chimneys

chapter Chapter II|3 pages

Bells and Wheels

chapter Chapter III|2 pages

Dew and Engines

chapter Chapter IV|4 pages

Dead as a Door Nail!

chapter Chapter V|2 pages

An Oxford Man and an Inch of Iron

chapter Chapter VI|2 pages

The Machines' Machines

chapter Chapter VII|4 pages

The Men's Machines

chapter Chapter VIII|6 pages

The Basement of the World

chapter Chapter IX|4 pages

The Ground-Floor Folks

chapter Chapter X|3 pages

The Machine-Trainers

chapter Chapter XI|12 pages

Machines, Crowds, and Artists

part Three|15 pages

People-Machines

chapter Chapter I|3 pages

Now!

chapter Chapter II|3 pages

Committees and Committees

chapter Chapter III|4 pages

The Inconvenience of Being Human

chapter Chapter IV|5 pages

Letting the Crowd Have People in it

part Book Four|122 pages

Crowds and Heroes

chapter Chapter I|5 pages

The Socialist and the Hero

chapter Chapter II|2 pages

The Crowd and the Hero

chapter Chapter III|4 pages

The Crowd and the Average Person

chapter Chapter IV|7 pages

The Crowd and Pierpont Morgan

chapter Chapter V|10 pages

The Crowd and Tom Mann

chapter Chapter VI|4 pages

An Opening for the Next Pierpont Morgan

chapter Chapter VII|4 pages

An Opening for the Next Tom Mann

chapter Chapter VIII|6 pages

The Men who Look

chapter Chapter IX|7 pages

Who is Afraid?

chapter Chapter X|3 pages

Rules for Telling a Hero—When One Sees One

chapter Chapter XI|3 pages

The Technique of Courage

chapter Chapter XII|8 pages

The Men who Want Things

chapter Chapter XIII|9 pages

Men who Get Things

chapter Chapter XIV|7 pages

Toleration

chapter Chapter XV|10 pages

Conversion

chapter Chapter XVI|3 pages

Exception

chapter Chapter XVII|15 pages

Invention

chapter Chapter XVIII|3 pages

The Man who Pulls the World Together

chapter Chapter XIX|2 pages

The Man who Stands by

chapter Chapter XX|2 pages

The Strike of the Saviours

chapter Chapter XXI|6 pages

The League of the Men who are Not Afraid

part Book Five|160 pages

Good News and Hard Work

part One|10 pages

News and Labour

part Two|10 pages

News and Money

part Three|138 pages

News and Government

chapter Chapter I|10 pages

Oxford Street and the House of Commons

chapter Chapter II|9 pages

Oxford Street Hums, The House Hems

chapter Chapter III|7 pages

President Wilson and Moses

chapter Chapter IV|11 pages

The President Says “Yes” and “No”

chapter Chapter V|4 pages

The President Says “Look!”

chapter Chapter VI|4 pages

The People Say “Who are You?”

chapter Chapter VII|2 pages

The People Say “Who are we?”

chapter Chapter VIII|2 pages

News about US to the President

chapter Chapter IX|7 pages

News-Men

chapter Chapter X|24 pages

American Temperament and Government

chapter Chapter XI|8 pages

News-Books—I

chapter Chapter XII|4 pages

News-Books—II

chapter Chapter XIII|8 pages

News-Papers

chapter Chapter XIV|3 pages

News-Machines

chapter Chapter XV|27 pages

News-Crowds

chapter Chapter XVI|8 pages

Crowd-Men