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The young Henry Adams
- 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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