The Age of Charisma : Leaders, Followers, and Emotions in American Society, 1870-1940 (Hardcover)

Introduction; 1. Magnetic America: personal magnetism in American culture, 1870?1900; 2. Command performances: leaders and their technologies, 1890?1910; 3. Transformations: the follower experience, 1890?1920; 4. Competing visions: imagining charisma and social change, 1890?1910; 5. Changing society: the rise and fall of progressive charisma, 1910?20; 6. End of an age: from magnetism to mass communication, 1920?40; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.