This book, first published in 1933, examines the life and achievements of Henry Adams, the American historian and political journalist. It looks at his youth and early development of his…

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…

The continued struggle of the common man to realize the doctrines of the Revolution in the life of the community is described in this book, covering the period from the…

Originally published in 1933, this volume tells the story of the rise of the American nation encompassing economics, religion, social change and politics from settlement to the Civil War.

There is a tradition of one-volume narrative histories of the United States in which the political, military, diplomatic, social, and economic strands are skillfully interwoven