Brooks Adams Summary

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 ... Read more

In the following excerpt, the reviewer finds Adams's The Law of Civilization and Decay a flawed yet valuable work in determining historical patterns. Reference was made in a notice of Kidd&... Read more

In the following excerpt, Aaron surveys Adams's work and intellectual development. I Brooks Adams has been dead for more than twenty years now, but there are still many people in Boston and ... Read more

In the following excerpt, Jaher surveys Adams's career and examines claims that Adams was an anti-Semite. It was Brooks Adams's misfortune to be born in 1848. Had he lived a generatio... Read more

In the following excerpt, the reviewer unfavorably assesses Adams's The New Empire. Pursuing a line of argument already worked out in his Law of Civilization and Decay, Mr. Adams offers an e... Read more

In the following excerpt, Sherman examines the genealogy of political and historical thought among members of Adams's family. Brooks Adams apologizes for the inadequacy of his introduction ... Read more

In the following excerpt, Blackmur explores the combined influence that brothers Henry and Brooks exerted over the study of history. The greater reputation and the imaginative character of his work... Read more

In the following excerpt, Pierce favorably reviews The Law of Civilization and Decay. It might be thought unnecessary to describe the contents of a book which was first published almost half a cent... Read more