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The young Henry Adams

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Samuels, Ernest, 1903-1996.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Adams, Henry, 1838-1918.
Adams, Henry.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvi, 378 p.)
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1948,
Contents:
CHAPTER ONE: BRAHMIN PATTERN 1838-1858
The Boston Standard of Thought
College Justice
The Mental Scale of Harvard
Of Men and Books
Cambridge Life and Letters
The Harvard Magazine
The Pattern of Success
CHAPTER TWO: THE GRAND TOUR 1858-1860
The Pierian Springs of the Civil Law
A Pleasant Series of Letters
CHAPTER THREE: WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT 1860-1861
Disciples of the Massachusetts School
In the Field of Grain
The Great Secession Winter of 1860-61
CHAPTER FOUR: LONDON CORRESPONDENT 1861
Outside of the Legation
War of Nerves
Extracts from a Private Diary
CHAPTER FIVE: A GOLDEN TIME 1861-1868
Young England, Young Europe
The New Science
Political Acolyte
Path to Power
CHAPTER SIX: A YOUNG REFORMER OF THIRTY 1868-1870
A Power in the Land
Fundamental Principles
Fame and Its Aftermath
CHAPTER SEVEN: HARVARD COLLEGE ONCE MORE 1870-1877
The Academic Rebel
From Tea Kettle to Steam Engine
Editorial Principles
Wedding Journey of a Scholar
Work and Plans
Essays in Anglo-Saxon Law
The Primitive Rights of Women
American History and the Constitution
Political Reformer: Final Phase
Emancipation
EPILOGUE
Appendix: The Writings of Henry Adams. 1855-1877
Notes:
"The writings of Henry Adams, 1855-1877": p. [313]-321. "Selected bibliography": p. [353]-362.
ISBN:
0674966309

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