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Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

Education of Henry Adams

Henry Adams

Start Publishing PD · Print & ebook · May 22, 2024

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Henry Adams reflects on Harvard, self-education, and the changes that unsettled his lifetime.
Genres
Lives in Education, 19th-Century America
Published
Start Publishing PD, May 22, 2024

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About this book

The Education of Henry Adams is the Pulitzer Prize winning autobiography of Henry Adams. The Education is much more a record of Adams's introspection than of his deeds. It is an extended meditation on the social technological political and intellectual changes that occurred over Adams's lifetime. Adams concluded that his traditional education at Harvard failed to help him come to terms with the rapid changes he saw in his lifetime; hence his need for self-education.

Harvard and Self-Education

Henry Adams reflects on Harvard, self-education, and the changes that unsettled his lifetime.

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  • Adams’s introspection, more than an account of his deeds.

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  • A meditation on social, technological, political, and intellectual change.

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Lives in Education50%
19th-Century America44%

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  • Lives in Education
  • Home Schooling
Authors
Henry Adams
Publisher
Start Publishing PD
Published
May 22, 2024
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Lives in Education