Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-217) and index.
Introduction: power and myth -- George Norris: pragmatism -- William E. Borah: the wisdom of our fathers -- Hiram Johnson: isolationist -- William Gibbs McAdoo: business promoter as politician -- Bainbridge Colby: conservative as progressive -- Edward P. Costigan: urban progressive -- Progressives: an analysis -- Power at the millennium