The James, Henry 1843-1916 creator text utu 2022 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The American Scene" by Henry James is a travel book published in 1907, documenting his 1904-1905 journey through the United States. After decades abroad, James returned to find an America transformed by materialism, immigration, and rapid development. His controversial observations span New York to New England, praising some aspects of prosperity while sharply criticizing social fragmentation, environmental destruction, and economic excess. The book ends with a dark vision of America's future that was deemed too grim for American readers. (This is an automatically generated summary.) New England: an autumn impression -- New York revisited -- New York and the Hudson: a spring impression -- New York: social notes -- The Bowery and thereabouts -- The sense of Newport -- Boston -- Concord and Salem -- Philadelphia -- Baltimore -- Washington -- Richmond -- Charleston -- Florida. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Scene Release date is 2022-08-08 Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Originally published: United Kingdom: Chapman and Hall, 1907 United States -- Description and travel United States -- Social life and customs -- 1865-1918 Atlantic States -- Description and travel James, Henry, 1843-1916 -- Travel -- Atlantic States Travelers' writings, American F106 United Kingdom: Chapman and Hall, 1907 https://archive.org/details/americanscene00jame https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68717 https://archive.org/details/americanscene00jame https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68717 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134604.0 68717