Brooks Adams's books are no longer read as history (if indeed they ever were), but they remain in the judgment of divers authorities significant documents for the historical study of American thought in the late nineteenth and early twentieth...

BROOKS ADAMS: Why do you think we're talking about the '80s now? Was it a heroic age? FRANCESCO CLEMENTE: [Laughs. ] New York had an extraordinary texture at the time, when I first came from India in April of 1980. In India I...

BROOKS ADAMS: Why do you think we're talking about the '80s now? Was it a heroic age? FRANCESCO CLEMENTE: [Laughs.] New York had an extraordinary texture at the time, when I first came from India in April of 1980. In India I...

Today is Thursday, Feb. 8, the 39th day of 2007. There are 326 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Feb. 8, 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in England after she was implicated in a plot to murder her...

Today is Sunday, Jan. 28, the 28th day of 2007. There are 337 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, killing all seven of its crew members: flight commander...

In the following excerpt, Jaher surveys Adams's career and examines claims that Adams was an anti-Semite.

In the following excerpt, Aaron surveys Adams's work and intellectual development.

In the following excerpt, Blackmur explores the combined influence that brothers Henry and Brooks exerted over the study of history.