The Education of Henry Adams

The Education of Henry Adams is the Pulitzer Prize winning autobiography of Henry Adams. The Education is much more a record of Adamss introspection than of his deeds. It is an extended meditation on the social technological political and intellectual changes that occurred over Adamss 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. Adams repeatedly laments that h...See More