The Education of Henry Adams
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The Education of Henry Adams is an autobiographical memoir by historian Henry Adams that reflects on his life and the profound social and technological changes of 19th-century America.
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| The Education of Henry Adams canonical | 2 |
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Target entity: The Education of Henry Adams Context triple: [Henry Adams, notableWork, The Education of Henry Adams]
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Education of Henry Adams Target entity description: The Education of Henry Adams is an autobiographical memoir by historian Henry Adams that reflects on his life and the profound social and technological changes of 19th-century America.
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A.
A Nation in Making
A Nation in Making is the political autobiography of Indian nationalist leader Surendranath Banerjee, chronicling his role in the early Indian freedom movement and the evolution of Indian nationalism.
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B.
The Bostonians
The Bostonians is a novel by Henry James that explores post–Civil War American society through a satirical examination of feminism, reform movements, and complex personal relationships in Boston.
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C.
The Outline of History
The Outline of History is a sweeping early-20th-century universal history book by H. G. Wells that attempts to narrate the story of humanity from prehistoric times to the modern era.
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D.
The Limits of Power
The Limits of Power is a political analysis book by historian Andrew Bacevich that critiques U.S. militarism, foreign policy overreach, and the constraints on American global dominance.
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E.
The Biglow Papers
The Biglow Papers is a satirical collection of dialect poems and prose by James Russell Lowell that critiques the Mexican–American War and contemporary politics in mid-19th-century America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autobiographical memoir
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book ⓘ nonfiction work ⓘ |
| author | Henry Adams ⓘ |
| awarded | Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1919 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describes |
American Civil War era
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Gilded Age politics ⓘ political life in Washington, D.C. ⓘ rise of industrial technology ⓘ |
| firstPublicEditionDate | 1918 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedAs | privately printed edition ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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intellectual autobiography ⓘ memoir ⓘ |
| hasPart | chapter "The Dynamo and the Virgin" ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
conflict between tradition and modernity
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impact of science and technology ⓘ limits of formal education ⓘ search for meaning in modern society ⓘ self-critique and irony ⓘ |
| includedIn | Modern Library list of the 100 best nonfiction books ⓘ |
| influenced |
intellectual history
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modern autobiographical writing ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressClassification | E175.5 .A2 ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Progressive Era ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
19th-century American society
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education ⓘ history of the United States ⓘ life of Henry Adams ⓘ social change ⓘ technological change ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | treating the author as a historical subject ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor | use of third-person self-reference to the author ⓘ |
| oclcNumber | 2339735 ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1907 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Houghton Mifflin
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surface form:
Houghton Mifflin Company
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| setting |
19th-century America
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Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form:
Boston
Europe ⓘ Harvard University ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
historical scholarship
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literary criticism ⓘ |
| timeSpanCovered | 1838–1905 ⓘ |
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