| Foreword | 3 |
| JR, ARTHUR M. SCHLESINGER | |
| Introduction | 5 |
| KOLATCH, MYRON | |
| THE EARLY YEARS | 9 |
| BELL, DANIEI | |
| The Cold War Fifties | 14 |
| SHUB, ANATOLE | |
| Appointment with Destiny | 16 |
| MIHAJLOV, MIHAJLO | |
| Away from the Big Tents | 19 |
| JANEWAY, MICHAEL | |
| This Boy's Politics | 21 |
| KELMAN, STEVEN | |
| How I Got My Master's | 23 |
| RAVITCH, DIANE | |
| My Favorite Gig | 26 |
| KIRK, DONALD | |
| An Experiment in Freedom | 28 |
| CLAUSEN, CHRISTOPHER | |
| SPECIAL ISSUES | 30 |
| Picking Up the Ax | 32 |
| GILDER, GEORGE | |
| Openness Was the Upside | 35 |
| GEWEN, BARRY | |
| While the City Slept | 38 |
| MERKIN, DAPHNE | |
| 1962 Cartoon | 41 |
| MYERS, LOU | |
| Singing About the Culture | 42 |
| PETTINGELL, PHOEBE | |
| Critical Duties | 45 |
| ALLEN, BROOKE | |
| Reel Pleasures | 48 |
| SHARGEL, RAPHAEL | |
| The Tube Effect | 51 |
| KITMAN, MARVIN | |
| Excerpts | 53 |
| FRANK, REUVEN | |
| Music to Your Eyes | 54 |
| SIMON, JOHN | |
| Hello, I Must Be Going | 57 |
| KANFER, STEFAN |
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