• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Decline or Stability? Vermont in the Gilded Age
• Defining the Boundaries of the Community of Vermonters
• The Fractured Community on the Eve of the “New Vermont”
• The Birth of the “New Vermont”
• The “Vermont Idea” and Social Conflict at the Turn of the Century
• The Failure of the “New Vermont”
• Conclusion
• Appendix: List of Governors
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index
