WILLIAM BENNETT MUNRO. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, February 22, 1922. CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE v PART I THE AMERICAN ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER I. HUMAN SOCIETY 1 II. THE PEOPLE, RACES, AND RACIAL PROBLEMS OF THE UNITED 19 STATES III. ECONOMIC FACTORS AND ORGANIZATION 37 PART II THE ORGANIZATION OF GOVERNMENT THE FOUNDATIONS OF GOVERNMENT IV. THE NATURE AND FORMS OF GOVERNMENT 62 V. THE CITIZEN: HIS RIGHTS AND DUTIES 78 VI. POPULAR CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT 94 THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM VII. SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS 118 VIII. PARTY ORGANIZATION AND PRACTICAL POLITICS 145 LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT IX. COUNTIES AND RURAL COMMUNITIES 166 X. CITY GOVERNMENT 182 XI. MUNICIPAL PROBLEMS OF TODAY 203 XII. STATE GOVERNMENT IN OUTLINE 226 NATIONAL GOVERNMENT XIII. THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION 246 XIV. CONGRESS AT WORK 266 XV. THE PRESIDENT AND HIS CABINET 286 XVI. THE COURTS AND THE LAW 308 PART III THE CIVIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC XVII. NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION 326 XVIII. THE AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS 339 XIX. THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND REGULATION OF COMMERCE 356 XX. THE ORGANIZATION AND CONTROL OF INDUSTRY 383 XXI. LABOR AND LABOR PROBLEMS 400 XXII. CURRENCY, BANKING, AND CREDIT 424 XXIII. TAXATION AND PUBLIC FINANCE 450 XXIV. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC OWNERSHIP 474 SOCIAL XXV. EDUCATION 492 XXVI. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION 514 XXVII. POOR-RELIEF, CORRECTION, AND OTHER WELFARE PROBLEMS 540 INTERNATIONAL