Best Selling Books by JAMES TRUSLOW ADAMS

Originally published in 1931 by Little, Brown, and Company.

Originally published as: James Truslow Adams: historian of the American dream, by Allan Nevins in 1968 by the University of Illinois Press.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1931.

Originally published in 1933, and written by "America’s historian", James Truslow Adams, this 2 volume set tells the story of the rise of the American nation encompassing from economics, religion, social change and politics from settlement to the Great Depression. Due emphasis is given to the inter-connectedness of America with Europe – both in terms of cultural heritage and political and military entanglements. Extensive in size and scope and richly illustrated with half-tones and maps these volumes balance a historical narrative with philosophical interpretation whilst touching on as many aspects of American life and history as possible.

The story of adult education in American from earlierst days to its various ramifications in the present. Adult education on the frontier was largely education by living. Its lessons learned the hard way. Dr Adams looks at what part has been played, in the education of American men and women by numerous forums, lyceums and chautauquas, correspondence schools, people''s institutes, summer camps and various organisations.

This book, first published in 1933, examines the life and achievements of Henry Adams, the American historian and political journalist. It looks at his youth and early development of his ideas, and goes on to look at his time as a diplomat, historian and journalist – and his impact upon American political and intellectual life.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1934.

This Pulitzer Prize awarded history interrogates the discovery and first settlement of the region; the genesis of the religious and political ideas which there took root and flourished; the geographic and other factors which shaped its economic development; the beginnings of that English overseas empire, of which it formed a part; and the early formulation of thought-on both sides of the Atlantic-regarding imperial problems. Contents: The American Background Staking Out Claims The Race for Empire Some Aspects of Puritanism The First Permanent Settlement New England and the Great Migration An English Opposition Becomes a New England Oligarchy The Growth of a Frontier Attempts to Unify New England Cross-Currents in the Confederacy The Defeat of the Theocracy The Theory of Empire The Reassertion of Imperial Control The Inevitable Conflict Loss of the Massachusetts Charter An Experiment in Administration The New Order

Reprint of the original, first published in 1940.

Jefferson''s general thoughts on politics, government, religion, education, and the art of living selected from his writings by the great American historian.