Acknowledgments Chapter One: Vital Contact Chapter Two: Resident Gentry in Melville, Hawthorne, Jewett, James and Howells Chapter Three: Ernest Poole, Max Eastman and the Legend of John Reed Chapter Four: Upton Sinclair's Coal War and Dilemmas of Class Transvestiture Chapter Five: Spiritual Adventures of Social Workers in Eugene O'Neill, Elia Peattie, and Clara Laughlin Chapter Six: The Genteel Radical in the Years Between: Sinclair's Oil! and Boston Chapter Seven: Alternative Initiatives of Dos Passos, Steinbeck and Wright Notes Bibliography Index