The Education of Henry Adams - Softcover

Adams, Henry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1603863761 ISBN 13: 9781603863766

Publisher: Watchmaker Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

An unabridged edition (1918) with preface by Henry Cabot Lodge; chapters include: Quincy (1838-1848) - Boston (1848-1854) - Washington (1850-1854) - Harvard College (1854-1858) - Berlin (1858-1859) - Rome (1859-1860) - Treason (1860-1861) - Diplomacy (1861) - Foes or Friends (1862) - Political Morality (1862) - The Battle of the Rams (1863) - Eccentricity (1863) - The Perfection of Human Society (1864) - Dilettantism (1865-1866) - Darwinism (1867-1868) - The Press (1868) - President Grant (1869) - Free Fight (1869-1870) - Chaos (1870) - Failure (1871) - Twenty Years After (1892) - Chicago (1893) - Silence (1894-1898) - Indian Summer (1898-1899) - The Dynamo & the Virgin (1900) - Twilight (1901) - Teufelsdröckh (1901) - The Height of Knowledge (1902) - The Abyss of Ignorance (1902) - Vis Inertiae (1903) - The Grammar of Science (1903) - Vis Nova (1903-1904) - A Dynamic Theory of History (1904) - A Law of Acceleration (1904) - Nunc Age (1905)

About this title

From the Publisher:

Designed for school districts, educators, and students seeking to maximize performance on standardized tests, Webster’s paperbacks take advantage of the fact that classics are frequently assigned readings in English courses. By using a running thesaurus at the bottom of each page, this edition of The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams was edited for students who are actively building their vocabularies in anticipation of taking PSAT®, SAT®, AP® (Advanced Placement®), GRE®, LSAT®, GMAT® or similar examinations.

PSAT® is a registered trademark of the College Entrance Examination Board and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation neither of which sponsors or endorses this book; SAT® is a registered trademark of the College Board which neither sponsors nor endorses this book; GRE®, AP® and Advanced Placement® are registered trademarks of the Educational Testing Service which neither sponsors nor endorses this book, GMAT® is a registered trademark of the Graduate Management Admissions Council which is neither affiliated with this book nor endorses this book, LSAT® is a registered trademark of the Law School Admissions Council which neither sponsors nor endorses this product. All rights reserved.

About the Author:

Ernest Samuels is Franklyn Bliss Snyder Professor of English, Emeritus, at Northwestern University and winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Biography.

About this edition

• Publisher: Watchmaker Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1603863761
• ISBN 13: 9781603863766
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Lodge Henry Cabot