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Henry Adams in England

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2009

William Dusinberre
William Dusinberre
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University of Warwick
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Like other unusual “ New Englanders ” of the post-Civil-War era — Henry James, George Santayana, W. E. B. DuBois — Henry Adams needed to cross his native with an alien culture before he could flourish. The fusion was made possible by the stroke of fortune which in 1861 sent his father as American Minister, accompanied by Henry as his private secretary, to England.

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Research Article
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Journal of American Studies , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , August 1977 , pp. 163 - 186
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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