The Humboldt Current: Nineteenth-Century Explorations & the Roots of American Environmentalism. [Hardcover]
by Sachs, Aaron
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- 0670037753
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- 9780670037759
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A masterly and beautifully written account of the impact of Alexander von Humboldt on nineteenth-century American history and culture The naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt (1769?1859) achieved unparalleled fame in his own time. Today, however, he and his enormous legacy to American thought are virtually unknown. In The Humboldt Current , Aaron Sachs traces Humboldt?s pervasive influence on American history through examining the work of four explorers?J. N. Reynolds, Clarence King, George Wallace, and John Muir?who embraced Humboldt?s idea of a ?chain of connection? uniting all peoples and all environments. A skillful blend of narrative and interpretation that also discusses Humboldt?s influence on Emerson, Whitman, Thoreau, Melville, and Poe, The Humboldt Current offers a colorful, passionate, and superbly written reinterpretation of nineteenth-century American history.
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- Title
- The Humboldt Current: Nineteenth-Century Explorations & the Roots of American Environmentalism. [Hardcover]
- Author
- Sachs, Aaron
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Fine/Fine dj. (book like new: clean/unmarked/crisp. jacket complete/clean/crisp, front bottom flap corner creased, no tears)
- ISBN 10
- 0670037753
- ISBN 13
- 9780670037759
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- NY.
- Date Published
- (2006)
- Pages
- xiv. + 496pp.
- Keywords
- 19th Century American Natural History Exploration, Alexander von Humboldt, J.N. Reynolds, Clarence King, George Wallace Melville, John Muir
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- 8vo.
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