The Education 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 failed to help him come to terms with these rapid changes; hence his need for self-education. The organizing thread of the book is how the proper schooling and other aspects of his youth was time wasted; thus his search for self-education through experiences friendships and reading.