Peter Chardon Brooks Adams was an American attorney, historian, political scientist and a critic of capitalism.
10 Facts About Brooks Adams
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Brooks Adams attended schools in the United States and in Europe.
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Brooks Adams was a philosopher, historian, and novelist, whose theories of history were influenced by his work.
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Brooks Adams graduated from Harvard University in 1870 and studied at Harvard Law School in 1870 and 1871.
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Brooks Adams believed that commercial civilizations rise and fall in predictable cycles.
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Brooks Adams predicted in America's Economic Supremacy that an "Anglo-Saxon alliance" would arise in opposition to China and that New York City would become the center of world trade.
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In 1889, Brooks Adams married Evelyn Davis, the daughter of Admiral Charles Henry Davis.
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Brooks Adams hired Wilhelmina Harris as social secretary for himself and his wife in 1920.
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Brooks Adams was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1918.
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Brooks Adams was the last Adams family member to live at Peacefield.