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History of the United States of America During the Administrations of Thomas Jefferson (Library of America)
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by Henry Adams
Sales Rank: 403435
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Cover Type: Hard Cover with 1308 pages
Published by: Library of America July 4, 1986
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0940450348
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0940450349
Book Dimensions:
8.3 x 5.4 x 1.8 inches
Weighs: 1.8 pounds
Reader Reviews
Even though it was written in the 1880s, this is the best history of early American diplomacy yet written. It is important to mention that this is primarily a diplomatic history, and it certainly reflects the author's interest and family history in foreign affairs. Adams has meticulously researched all matters of State and diplomacy, but he has reserved the topics of culture, economics, and education for far more subjective analysis. It becomes obvious early in the text that Adams is highly deferential to Great Britain, and the young American republic is constantly compared and trivialized, in contrapuntal regularity, against the great European powers. Adams has a lot to say about America's poverty, provincialism, and anti-intellectualism when compared to England, France, and Russia. American culture cringe pervades the text. While frequently accurate, he drives the point to excess: America becomes somewhat of a play-thing for the imperial ambitions of Europe. We're treated to page after page of material on the British ambassadors. In short, this is probably the kind of American history we would have expected Henry James and T. S. Eliot to have read, the kind that gets all the facts and dates right but can't conceal the author's sincere desire to be English.
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