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1: Introduction: Leveling Upwards and Leveling Downwards; 2: The Anglo-American Amateur Tradition, the Making of a National Upper Class, and a Gentlemanly Code of Honor in America, 1880-1914; 3: The Rise of Lawn Tennis: The Harrow and Harvard Era, 1877-1887; 4: The Expansion ofLawn Tennis in an Age oflnnocence, 1887-1912; 5: Class Complacency Challenged in 1912: The Sinking of the Titanic and the First California Invasion of the Eastern Grass Court Circuit; 6: The Old Order Changes: Amateurism becomes an Issue the Davis Cup Goes Down Under in 1914, and the Championships Are Moved from Newport to Forest Hills; 7: Two Philadelphia Gentlemen: William J. Clothier, Father and Son; 8: Racism and Anti-Semitism: The Gentleman s Achilles Heel; 9: William Tatum Tilden II: A Philadelphia Gentleman as World Champion; 10: The Finest Five Years in Tennis History: The French Musketeers Finally Topple Tilden; 11: Big Bill Tilden: A Gentleman Possessed by Genius; 12: The Grass Court Circuit Becomes a Melting Pot, and Perry Jones Leads a Second California Invasion of the Eastern Establishment; 13: Gentleman Jack Crawford of Australia and Fred Perry, the Last Great Englishman; 14: Budge and the Baron: The Greatest Match of Them All and the First Grand Slam; 15: Indian Summer of a Golden Age: Riggs, Kramer, Gonzales, and the Pro Tour; 16: Lean Years in American Tennis and the Reign of Harry Hopman s Australians; 17: The Great Revolution, 1968-1992: The Rise of Open (Pro) Tennis and the Decline of Civility; Epilogue
1: Introduction: Leveling Upwards and Leveling Downwards; 2: The Anglo-American Amateur Tradition, the Making of a National Upper Class, and a Gentlemanly Code of Honor in America, 1880-1914; 3: The Rise of Lawn Tennis: The Harrow and Harvard Era, 1877-1887; 4: The Expansion ofLawn Tennis in an Age oflnnocence, 1887-1912; 5: Class Complacency Challenged in 1912: The Sinking of the Titanic and the First California Invasion of the Eastern Grass Court Circuit; 6: The Old Order Changes: Amateurism becomes an Issue the Davis Cup Goes Down Under in 1914, and the Championships Are Moved from Newport to Forest Hills; 7: Two Philadelphia Gentlemen: William J. Clothier, Father and Son; 8: Racism and Anti-Semitism: The Gentleman s Achilles Heel; 9: William Tatum Tilden II: A Philadelphia Gentleman as World Champion; 10: The Finest Five Years in Tennis History: The French Musketeers Finally Topple Tilden; 11: Big Bill Tilden: A Gentleman Possessed by Genius; 12: The Grass Court Circuit Becomes a Melting Pot, and Perry Jones Leads a Second California Invasion of the Eastern Establishment; 13: Gentleman Jack Crawford of Australia and Fred Perry, the Last Great Englishman; 14: Budge and the Baron: The Greatest Match of Them All and the First Grand Slam; 15: Indian Summer of a Golden Age: Riggs, Kramer, Gonzales, and the Pro Tour; 16: Lean Years in American Tennis and the Reign of Harry Hopman s Australians; 17: The Great Revolution, 1968-1992: The Rise of Open (Pro) Tennis and the Decline of Civility; Epilogue
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