Henry Adams and the Making of America (Paperback, Annotated edition)

In Henry Adams and the Making of America, Pulitzer Prize winner Garry Wills makes a compelling argument for a reassessment of Henry Adams as our nation's greatest historian and his History as the "nonfiction prose masterpiece of the nineteenth century in America." Adams drew on his own southern fixation, his extensive foreign travel, his political service in the Lincoln administration, and much more to invent the study of history as we know it. His nine-volume chronicle of America from 1800 to 1816 established new standards for employing archival sources, firsthand reportage, eyewitness accounts, and other techniques that have become the essence of modern history.
Ambitious in scope, nuanced in detail, Henry Adams and the Making of America throws brilliant light on the historian and the making of history.

General

Imprint:	Mariner Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2007
First published:	August 2007
Authors:	Garry Wills
Dimensions:	219 x 149 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	480
Edition:	Annotated edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-618-87266-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	0-618-87266-3
Barcode:	9780618872664

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