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[Henry Adams], Vol. 1

Ernest Samuels
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  • CHAPTER ONE: BRAHMIN PATTERN 1838-1858
    • The Boston Standard of Thought (page 3)
    • College Justice (page 8)
    • The Mental Scale of Harvard (page 16)
    • Of Men and Books (page 31)
    • Cambridge Life and Letters (page 36)
    • The Harvard Magazine (page 42)
    • The Pattern of Success (page 47)
  • CHAPTER TWO: THE GRAND TOUR 1858-1860
    • The Pierian Springs of the Civil Law (page 53)
    • A Pleasant Series of Letters (page 68)
  • CHAPTER THREE: WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT 1860-1861
    • Disciples of the Massachusetts School (page 76)
    • In the Field of Grain (page 84)
    • The Great Secession Winter of 1860-61 (page 90)
  • CHAPTER FOUR: LONDON CORRESPONDENT 1861
    • Outside of the Legation (page 97)
    • War of Nerves (page 104)
    • Extracts from a Private Diary (page 112)
  • CHAPTER FIVE: A GOLDEN TIME 1861-1868
    • Young England, Young Europe (page 121)
    • The New Science (page 128)
    • Political Acolyte (page 136)
    • Path to Power (page 151)
  • CHAPTER SIX: A YOUNG REFORMER OF THIRTY 1868-1870
    • A Power in the Land (page 168)
    • Fundamental Principles (page 183)
    • Fame and Its Aftermath (page 195)
  • CHAPTER SEVEN: HARVARD COLLEGE ONCE MORE 1870-1877
    • The Academic Rebel (page 208)
    • From Tea Kettle to Steam Engine (page 218)
    • Editorial Principles (page 227)
    • Wedding Journey of a Scholar (page 234)
    • Work and Plans (page 242)
    • Essays in Anglo-Saxon Law (page 247)
    • The Primitive Rights of Women (page 258)
    • American History and the Constitution (page 266)
    • Political Reformer: Final Phase (page 275)
    • Emancipation (page 289)
  • EPILOGUE
  • Appendix: The Writings of Henry Adams. 1855-1877 (page 313)
  • Notes (page 323)
  • Bibliography (page 353)
  • Index (page 363)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
AHR 54.4 (Jul. 1949): 894-895 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1844337
MVHR 36.1 (Jun. 1949): 160-161 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1895737
AL 23.4 (Jan. 1952): 513-514 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2921418
NEQ 24.1 (Mar. 1951): 107-108 http://www.jstor.org/stable/361262
SAS 29.3 (Summer 1965): 351-354 http://www.jstor.org/stable/40401134
NEQ 63.4 (Dec. 1990): 649-652 http://www.jstor.org/stable/365922
HTE 26.1 (Nov. 1992): 139-140 http://www.jstor.org/stable/494117
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Published: 1948
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780674432574 (ebook)
  • 9780674966307 (hardcover)
Subject
  • American: 1789-1899
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