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Article: Henry Adams and the Making of America.(Book review)
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- September 22, 2007
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Henry Adams and the Making of America. By Garry Wills. (Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. 467 pages. $30.00.
What is the purpose of intellectual biography? Garry Wills has written many such books, well-received for their stimulating insights. Now, unlike in John Wayne's America, he takes on a written text, Henry Adams's History of the United States of America During the Administrations of Thomas Jefferson. One expects an assessment of Adams's work, perhaps an analysis of its subject and past historians' views, and hopefully, given Wills's reputation, an evaluation of Adams's role, the role of the History, or the role of the Jeffersonians, in the making of ...
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Article: DECONSTRUCTING HENRY (ADAMS)
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November 13, 2005 ;
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... ... volumes on the history of the United ... 19th century, Henry Adams, according to ... But Adams's histories of the Jefferson ... man theory of history," Adams showed ... cyclical view of history: "The outcome ... its destiny. "Henry Adams and the Making ... summary of the ...
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