Includes bibliographical references (pages [397]-401) and index.
1. The Native American Experience -- 2. The Colonial Years. Agrarianism -- 3. The New Nation -- 4. Antebellum America. The Civil War -- 5. The Gilded Age -- 6. The Age of Prosperity. Veterinary Medicine -- 7. Troubled Times -- 8. Days of Uncertainty -- 9. Epilogue