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The Humboldt Current: Nineteenth-Century Exploration and the Roots of American Environmentalism - Softcover

Sachs, Aaron

 
9780143111924: The Humboldt Current: Nineteenth-Century Exploration and the Roots of American Environmentalism
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0143111922 ISBN 13: 9780143111924
Publisher: Penguin Books, 2007

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Aaron Sachs is a professor of history and American studies at Cornell University and an award-winning environmental journalist. This is his first book.

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Publisher
Penguin Books
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0143111922
ISBN 13 
9780143111924
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
512