Acknowledgments

Introduction

Progressive Reformers, Social Scientists, and the Search for a Democratic Public

Defining the People: The Wisconsin School of Labor History and the Creation of the American Worker

The People's Expert: Charles McCarthy and the Perils of Public Service

Joining the People: William English Walling and the Specter of the Intellectual Class

A Love for the People: Anna Strunsky Walling and the Domestic Limits of Democratic Idealism

A Voice for the People: A. Philip Randolph and the Cult of Leadership

The People's Strategist: W. Jett Lauck and the Panacea of Plenty

Teaching the People: Wil Lou Gray and the Siren of Educational Opportunity

Epilogue: The Once and Future Career of the Public Intellectual

Notes

Index

Photo of Leon Fink: Dan Sears, UNC News Services

Leon Fink is Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.