Part 1. Introduction.- 1. American Dream and Nightmare: Annemarie Schwarzenbach and the U.S.- Part 2. Method: On Writing and Photography.- 2.
"Interview without a Reporter" (March 1939).- 3. "Photographs as Documents" (Nov. 1937).- Part 3. First Impressions: The Industrial Northeast (USA, 1936-1937).- 4. "On the American Legend" (June 1938).
- 5. "America - Land of Optimists? (Nov. 1936).- 6. "Paper Mills & Small Farms in Maine" (Oct. 1936).- 7. "Father Coughlin: The Radio Priest" (Nov.
1936).- 8. "Is Roosevelt a Dictator?" (Dec. 1936).- 9. "Beyond New York" (Feb. 1937).- 10.
"Unknown Washington" (Nov. 1936).- 11. "The Journey to Pittsburg: America's Iron City" (March/April 1937).- 12. "American Ski Vacation without Snow" (April 1937).- 13. "The Question of Democracy American Style" (April 1937).
- Part 4. Heading South: Labor and Race Relations (USA, 1937-1938).- 14. "In the Shadows of Knoxville" (Dec. 1937).- 15. "Lumberjacks, Workers & Farmers in the Mountains of Tennessee" (Dec. 1937).
- 16. "Aline Bryant: Struggles of a Southern Textile Worker" (March 1937).- 17. "In the Cumberland Mountains" (Dec.1937).- 18. "Strike in Lumberton, North Carolina" (Feb. 1938).
- 19. "The Cotton Belt" (Jan. 1938).- 20. ".in the Name of Southern Honor" (April 1938).- Part 5. War and the Final Visit (USA, 1940-1941).
- 21. "Westwards" (May 1940).- 22. "The World's Fair" (June/July 1940).- 23. "Carson McCullers: Hope for America" (July 1940).- 24. "An American Personality: Dorothy Thompson" (Feb.
1941).- 25. "The Great Dictator": Charlie Chaplin's new Film" (April 1941).- 26. "White Plains" (April 1941).