The Education of Henry Adams

Henry Brooks Adams (1838 - 1918)

The Education of Henry Adams records the struggle of Bostonian Henry Adams (1838-1918), in early old age, to come to terms with the dawning 20th century, so different from the world of his youth. It is also a sharp critique of 19th century educational theory and practice. In 1907, Adams began privately circulating copies of a limited edition printed at his own expense. Commercial publication had to await its author's 1918 death, whereupon it won the 1919 Pulitzer Prize. (Introduction by Wikipedia)

Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Biography & Autobiography, History

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Editor's Preface and Preface Jeannie
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Play 01 Chapter 1: Quincy (1838-1848) Jeannie
00:42:08
Play 02 Chapter 2: Boston (1848-1854) Jeannie
00:34:56
Play 03 Chapter 3: Washington (1850-1854) Jeannie
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Play 04 Chapter 4: Harvard College (1854-1858) Jeannie
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Play 05 Chapter 5: Berlin (1858-1859) Jeannie
00:26:00
Play 06 Chapter 6: Rome (1859-1860) Jeannie
00:33:02
Play 07 Chapter 7: Treason (1860-1861) Jeannie
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Play 08 Chapter 8: Diplomacy (1861) Jeannie
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Play 09 Chapter 9: Foes or Friends (1862) Jeannie
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Play 10 Chapter 10: Political Morality (1862) Jeannie
00:49:12
Play 11 Chapter 11: The Battle of the Rams (1863) Jeannie
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Play 12 Chapter 12: Eccentricity (1863) Jeannie
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Play 13 Chapter 13: The Perfection of Human Society (1864) Jeannie
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Play 14 Chapter 14: Dilettantism (1865-1866) Jeannie
00:32:01
Play 15 Chapter 15: Darwinism (1867-1868) Jeannie
00:28:05
Play 16 Chapter 16: The Press (1868) Jeannie
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Play 17 Chapter 17: President Grant (1869) Jeannie
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Play 18 Chapter 18: Free Fight (1869-1870) Jeannie
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Play 19 Chapter 19: Chaos (1870) Jeannie
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Play 20 Chapter 20: Failure (1871) Jeannie
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Play 21 Chapter 21: Twenty Years After (1892) Jeannie
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Play 22 Chapter 22: Chicago (1893) Jeannie
00:31:04
Play 23 Chapter 23: Silence (1894-1898) Jeannie
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Play 24 Chapter 24: Indian Summer (1898-1899) Jeannie
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Play 25 Chapter 25: The Dynamo and the Virgin (1900) Jeannie
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Play 26 Chapter 26: Twilight (1901) Jeannie
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Play 27 Chapter 27: Teufelsdrockh (1901) Jeannie
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Play 28 Chapter 28: The Height of Knowledge (1902) Jeannie
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Play 29 Chapter 29: The Abyss of Ignorance (1902) Jeannie
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Play 30 Chapter 30: Vis Inertiae (1903) Jeannie
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Play 31 Chapter 31: The Grammar of Science (1903) Jeannie
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Play 32 Chaoter 32: Vis Nova (1903-1904) Jeannie
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Play 33 Chapter 33: A Dynamic Theory of History (1904) Jeannie
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Play 34 Chapter 34: A Law of Acceleration (1904) Jeannie
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Play 35 Chapter 35: Nunc Age (1905) Jeannie
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