{"product_id":"a-political-companion-to-henry-adams-9780813125909","title":"A Political Companion to Henry Adams","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Natalie Fuehrer Taylor\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University Press of Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University Press of Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry Adams, great-grandson of John Adams, grandson of John Quincy Adams, and author of the Pulitzer Prize--winning The Education of Henry Adams, is often overlooked as a serious political thinker. Many scholars have dismissed his writings as cynical and bitter while others regard him as a mere observer of American politics, accepting Adams's description of himself as a \"stable-companion to statesmen.\" \u003ci\u003eA Political Companion to Henry Adams\u003c\/i\u003e suggests that he was far more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this provocative collection, editor Natalie Fuehrer Taylor presents works by some of the leading political thinkers in America today -- scholars who challenge conventional judgments about the life and work of Henry Adams and credit him with revealing key insights into the nation's evolving democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Political Companion to Henry Adams\u003c\/i\u003e fills a long-standing gap in scholarship that has devoted little attention to Adams's political thought, offering a nuanced appreciation of his musings on the human condition and political life at the eve of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Kentucky","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47606184444055,"sku":"9780813125909","price":5534.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780813125909.webp?v=1775031553","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-political-companion-to-henry-adams-9780813125909","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}