Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1. Introduction -- CHAPTER 2. Contract and the Road from Equity -- CHAPTER 3. Henry James and the Construction of Privacy -- CHAPTER 4. In the Hands of The Silent Partner and Spiritual Regulation in The Bread-Winners -- CHAPTER 5. The Rise of Silas Lapham and the Hazards of Realistic Development -- CHAPTER 6. Charles W. Chesnutt: Race and the Re-negotiation of the Federal Contract -- CHAPTER 7. Twain, Tourgée, and the Logic of "Separate but Equal -- CHAPTER 8. Corporate Liberalism, the Politics of Character, and Professional Management in Phillips's The Cost and Lynde's The Grafters -- CHAPTER 9. The Question of Agency and Delivering the Promise -- Notes -- Index.