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1 online resource (1 volume) |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Fiction and History in Washington, D.C. -- The Mighty Machinery and the Hands on It: Henry Adams's Washington -- "No Doubt They All Bore More or Less the Stamp of Boston" -- Democracy: The Novel as Disguised Autobiography -- Echoes of Democracy in Henry James -- Gallatin: The Cosmopolitan Frontiersman Jeffersonian -- John Randolph: Biography as Satire -- "History Has Many Cunning Passages" -- "Could It Take Permanent Political Shape? Could It Give New Life to Religion and Art?" -- "The Reign of Politics Showed No Sign of Ending" -- Esther and an Attempted Rescue -- Conversation, Edward Gibbon, Clover Adams, Ralph Waldo Emerson. |
Summary |
"This book examines the writings and life of Henry Adams during his time in Washington, D.C."-- Provided by publisher. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Adams, Henry, 1838-1918.
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Adams, Henry, 1838-1918. |
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Adams, Henry, 1838-1918. History of the United States during the administrations of Jefferson and Madison.
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Adams, Henry, 1838-1918. Democracy.
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Adams, Henry, 1838-1918. Life of Albert Gallatin.
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Adams, Henry, 1838-1918. Life of Albert Gallatin. |
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Adams, Henry, 1838-1918. Democracy. |
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Adams, Henry, 1838-1918. History of the United States during the administrations of Jefferson and Madison. |
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Adams, Henry, 1838-1918. |
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Democracy (Adams, Henry) |
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Historians -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography.
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Historians. |
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Washington (D.C.) |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Historians -- Washington (D.C.) -- History and criticism.
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Washington (D.C.) -- In literature.
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Demonstration (Washington, D.C. : 1971) |
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Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century.
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History. |
Chronological Term |
19th century |
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LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General. |
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Literature. |
Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Added Title |
Linking the personal and public lives of America's man of letters |
Other Form: |
Print version: Seavey, Ormond. Henry Adams in Washington Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2020. 9780813944630 (DLC) 2020016905 |
ISBN |
9780813944654 electronic book |
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0813944651 electronic book |
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9780813944630 hardcover |
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9780813944647 paperback |
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