Preface -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Part I: Introduction -- 1 The Background History -- 2 The Country -- Part II: Social History -- 3 The Social Structure -- 4 The National Income -- 5 The Main Social Groups -- 6 The Entrepreneurs: 1(1870-1914) -- 7 The Entrepreneurs: II (1919-1939) -- 8 Social Institutions -- 9 Schools -- 10 Demography -- 11 Housing -- 12 Social Policy -- 13 Economic Policy -- 14 Balance of a Decade -- 15 National Wealth -- Part III: Political History -- 16 Political Parties -- 17 In Search of National Status (1919-1925) -- 18 Advance and Retreat (1926-1934) -- 19 The Onslaught of Fascism (1935-1938) -- 20 Emigration - Why Not? -- 21 On the Brink of War -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.