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CONTENTS.
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CHAPTER XIX. Page
That almost all the Americans follow industrial callings 184
CHAPTER XX.
That aristocracy may be engendered by manufacturers 190




THIRD BOOK.

INFLUENCE OF DEMOCRACY ON MANNERS, PROPERLY SO CALLED.

CHAPTER I.
That manners are softened as social conditions become more equal 195
CHAPTER II.
That democracy renders the habitual intercourse of the Americans simple and easy 201
CHAPTER III.
Why the Americans show so little sensitiveness in their own country, and are so sensitive in Europe 204
CHAPTER IV.
Consequences of the three preceding chapters 209
CHAPTER V.
How democracy affects the relation of masters and servants 211
CHAPTER VI.
That democratic instititutions and manners tend to raise rents and shorten the terms of leases 222
CHAPTER VII.
Influence of democracy on wages 226
CHAPTER VIII.
Influence of democracy on kindred 229