The Humboldt Current: Nineteenth-Century Exploration and the Roots of American Environmentalism
ISBN-13:
9780143111924
ISBN-10:
0143111922
Edition:
Reprint
Author:
Aaron Sachs
Publication date:
2007
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
Format:
Paperback
496 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780143111924
ISBN-10:
0143111922
Edition:
Reprint
Author:
Aaron Sachs
Publication date:
2007
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
Format:
Paperback
496 pages
Summary
The Humboldt Current: Nineteenth-Century Exploration and the Roots of American Environmentalism (ISBN-13: 9780143111924 and ISBN-10: 0143111922), written by authors
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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.
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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