Part 1

THE AMERICAN EMPIRE

SCOTT NEARING

Author of "Wages in the United States" "Income" "Financing the Wage-Earner's Family" "Anthracite" "Poverty and Riches," etc.

New York The Rand School of Social Science 7 East 15th Street 1921

All rights reserved

Copyright, 1921, by the Rand School of Social Science

First Edition, January, 1921 Second Edition, February, 1921

CONTENTS

PART I

WHAT IS AMERICA?

CHAPTER PAGE

I The Promise of 1776 7

II The Course of Empire 14

PART II

THE FOUNDATIONS OF EMPIRE.

A. THE CONQUEST OF AMERICA.

III Subjugating the Indians 26

IV Slavery for a Race 38

V Winning the West 49

VI The Beginnings of World Dominion 60

B. PLUTOCRACY.

VII The Struggle for Wealth and Power 74

VIII Their United States 88

IX The Divine Right of Property 103

PART III

MANIFEST DESTINY.

X Industrial Empires 120

XI The Great War 143