The Education of Henry Adams

Type: Book

As of November 2026, The Education of Henry Adams has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Ezra Klein Show (Nov 2025).

The Education of Henry Adams is an autobiography that records the struggle of the Bostonian Henry Adams (1838–1918), in his later years, to come to terms with the dawning 20th century, so different from the world of his youth. It is also a sharp critique of 19th-century educational theory and practice. In 1907, Adams began privately circulating copies of a limited edition printed at his own expense. Commercial publication of the book had to await its author's 1918 death, whereupon it won the 191