Ideals in American History_.)

13. Ideals of citizenship. (Woodburn and Moran, _The Citizen and the
Republic_, chapter xx.)

14. The future of democracy. (Bryce, _Modern Democracies_, vol. ii,
chapter lxxx.)




PART II--AMERICAN ECONOMIC PROBLEMS


A. ECONOMICS OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY


CHAPTER VI

THE NATURE OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY


52. MAGNITUDE OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY.--In colonial times the major part
of American industry was concentrated along the Atlantic seaboard; to-
day it extends over a large part of the continent. A century and a
half ago our industrial system was still a relatively simple one,
giving rise to few pressing problems of national importance; at the
present time it is a vast and complicated affair, closely bound up
with many of the most vital problems which confront American
democracy. The activities which are commonly grouped under the head of