Vol. 1. Disc 1. Lecture 1. 1865: "Bind up the Nation's Wounds " --
Lecture 2. The Reconstruction Revolution --
Disc 2. Lecture 3. Buffalo Bill Cody and the Myth of the West --
Lecture 4. Smokestack Nation: the Industrial Titans --
Disc. 3. Lecture 5. Andrew Carnegie: the Self-Made Ideal --
Lecture 6. Big Business: Democracy for Sale? --
Disc. 4. Lecture 7. The New Immigrants: A New America --
Lecture 8. Big cities: The Underbelly Revealed --
Disc 5. Lecture 9. Popular Culture: Jazz, Modern Art, Movies --
Lecture 10. New Technology: Cars, Electricity, Records --
Disc 6. Lecture 11. The 1892 Homestead Strike --
Lecture 12. Morals and Manners: Middle-Class Society.
Vol. 2. Disc 7. Lecture 13. Mrs. Vanderbilt's Gala Ball --
Lecture 14. Populist Revolt: The Grangers and Coxey --
Disc 8. Lecture 15. Rough Riders and the Imperial Dream --
Lecture 16. No More Corsets: The New Woman --
Disc 9. Lecture 17. Trust-Busting in the Progressive Era --
Lecture 18. The 1911 Triangle Fire and Reform --
Disc 10. Lecture 19. Theodore Roosevelt, Conservationist --
Lecture 20. Urban Reform: How the Other Half Lives --
Disc 11. Lecture 21. The 17th Amendment: Democracy Restored --
Lecture 22. Early Civil Rights: Washington or Du Bois? --
Disc 12. Lecture 23. Over There: A World Safe for Democracy --
Lecture 24. Upheaval and the End of an Era.